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markodochartaigh

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1. Florida was 56-42 in 2024.
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 04:46 PM
Jan 7

But only two-thirds of the electorate bothered to vote. Also there is a huge population of people who were convicted of felonies but have served their time. A Constitutional amendment was passed by Florida voters to give these people back their vote. The Florida legislature then said that they needed to pay restitution and fines as well as complete their sentences.
If a billionaire who wanted to keep democracy in the US would pay these fines and restitution, Florida could probably go Democratic for less money than the Republicans will spend. (Bloomberg actually did this a few years ago. He doesn't get much credit for it. While I'm to the left of him politically I think that he is a hero of US democracy.)

I think that it is definitely possible that the Republicans in their hubris might shave the margins so thin that Democratic politicians would pick up seats.

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