Florida anecdotally -- worked there in the 2012, 2014, 2016 cycles when South Florida was still reasonably full of what you'd imagine are the Del Boca Vista / Helen & Morty Seinfeld demos -- older liberal folks from NY, NJ, CT who were retiring to a sunny climate. Trouble is, even then most of them were in their 80s and 90s (I had a few …
Florida anecdotally -- worked there in the 2012, 2014, 2016 cycles when South Florida was still reasonably full of what you'd imagine are the Del Boca Vista / Helen & Morty Seinfeld demos -- older liberal folks from NY, NJ, CT who were retiring to a sunny climate. Trouble is, even then most of them were in their 80s and 90s (I had a few solid volunteers sadly pass away during the campaigns). That FDR generation is dying out and being replaced in FL by cranky conservatives from the midwest.
The 2000 election was the peak of the Del Boca Vista/Helen & Morty Seinfeld era in south Florida. It started to show cracks quickly thereafter as they aged out and became outnumbered by the next generation of oldster newcomers.
Florida anecdotally -- worked there in the 2012, 2014, 2016 cycles when South Florida was still reasonably full of what you'd imagine are the Del Boca Vista / Helen & Morty Seinfeld demos -- older liberal folks from NY, NJ, CT who were retiring to a sunny climate. Trouble is, even then most of them were in their 80s and 90s (I had a few solid volunteers sadly pass away during the campaigns). That FDR generation is dying out and being replaced in FL by cranky conservatives from the midwest.
The 2000 election was the peak of the Del Boca Vista/Helen & Morty Seinfeld era in south Florida. It started to show cracks quickly thereafter as they aged out and became outnumbered by the next generation of oldster newcomers.