“They say one reason FL is fading as a GOP state is the dwindling percentage of anti-Castro Cubans.”
I don’t mean to be argumentative but I don’t think Florida is fading as a GOP state. In fact it’s probably strengthening as a GOP state.
GOP holds all but one of the state level executive offices:
“Fried became the first Democrat to win the Commissioner of Agriculture position since 1998, the only Democrat to win a statewide race in Florida in 2018”. She barely won that race 50.04% to 49.96% and that was probably fraudulent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_Fried
They hold the state senate 23-17, the state house 73-47, both US Senators are GOP and yes they are barely ahead for US House reps 14-13 but that is mainly due to court-ordered gerrymandering.
Desantis’ approval rating is sky high
https://wjno.iheart.com/featured/florida-news/content/2019-12-20-desantis-maintains-high-job-rating/
I’m not saying that the Florida GOP shouldn’t be diligent but it appears as if they’ve done better than many state GOP’s across the country and Florida is not fading as a GOP state.
FL not fading....
I truly hope you are right.
We cannot let FL and TX and AZ become the next Virginia. We have one Blackface Northam to deal with already.
I disagree.
Trump, Rick Scott, and the Governor all won by less than 2% in 2016 and 2018.
About 10% of Puerto Rico has moved to Florida since The Great Recession and a couple of severe hurricanes.
Restoration of voting rights to felons - who are 75% Black and Hispanic - could be the final nail in the GOP coffin.
The First Wave of Cuban immigrants from the 1960s, and their children and grandchildren, still vote Republican, but their percentage of the total Hispanic vote gets smaller and smaller every year.
Trump can still win Florida in 2020.
After that, I think Florida is gone in presidential elections.