“Having lived in Florida nearly 40 years, it has always bothered me to hear people say Florida was a purple state.”
Born 1947, Ybor City.
Wait a second. You're 76 and you drive a Roush Mustang?
You were born in Ybor City, Texas Gator. When did you leave FL? Because you sound like you know nothing about it.
You know that many of the election fixes were made by Jeb Bush after the 2000 election. Those changes were what caused the state to become fully republican. But you say it was purple. The only sign Florida was purple was the media declaring Florida purple, rigged “national” elections in Miami, and one democrat senator. All the other elected officials throughout the state were predominantly republican from 2000 on including the governorship.
The final touch was added when Miami/Dade went republican. Reforms in Miami/Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties by DeSantis helped. But the biggest help was when the democrats shot themselves in the foot by disrespecting blacks and assuming hispanics agreed with their communism and immigration policies. They ran on those assumptions and lost big. Once they lost Miami/Dade to republicans, they no longer had the ability to cheat freely. So bye-bye national elections wins for the democrats in Florida.
DeSantis taking credit for what has been true for years is quite disingenuous. Something very RINO-like. Once again, you have to stop listening to the media. If you actually still live in Florida, go outside and talk to people. Find out what is true.