[Wallace T.]

A lot depends on what New Yorkers or Northeasterners migrate to Florida. Jews who migrate to Southeast Florida brought their liberal politics with them. So do the sort of people drawn to the theme parks in Orlando. However, non-Jewish middle class whites from the Northeast who dominate in The Villages are very conservative. Ditto for the Midwestern retirees along the Florida Gulf Coast..

[arthurus]

In the last decades the balance has tipped decidedly in favor of conservatives and reflex liberals who have had their reflexes jarred so that rationality takes over.