When I was in high school in Florida, Bob Graham (D) was governor. Other than a Republican governor from 1967 to 1971, Florida had Democrat governors going back to 1881. Florida went Republican ever since Jeb Bush won in 1998.
In 2000, the state legislature had become 75% Republican, but the state Supreme Court was run by Democrats.
However, Dade County (Miami), Broward County (Ft. Lauderdale) and West Palm Beach County (WPB) would remain solidly Democrat. South Florida did to Florida how New York City did to New York state. It's not surprising given how South Florida was locally called the sixth burrough of New York City because of all the snowbirds to vacation there in the winter.
So, what happened today is that Miami voted Republican, while the rest of the state voted to their historic patterns. Still, that's a huge impact on the overall result. That would be like Manhattan voting Republican while the rest of the state voted to pattern.
It's a dynamic that can't be repeated elsewhere because the population centers that dominate states aren't like that elsewhere.
-PJ
its unreal..Desantis lost Dade County by 20 points just 4 years ago...Dade and Broward and Palm Beach were the Dems strong holds...that was blown to smithereens tonight.