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2021-08-31 Home Front: Politix

Florida Redistricting Has Dems in a Panic Over Losing the House

[PJMEDIA] Florida redistricting after the 2020 census, plus the state’s rapid population growth, will help redraw the country’s election map next year.

POLITICO reports that "Florida has gained nearly 3 million people since the last redistricting process a decade ago," and that expansion has "set the stage for a remaking of its political lines headed into a 2022 election likely to determine control of the U.S. House."

The paper’s Gary Fineout and Matt Dixon remind readers that redistricting "will be controlled by Republicans, who already hold 16 of the state’s 27 congressional districts." Democrats worry that "the new maps will only further banish them in Florida’s political desert."

Florida will gain a 28th seat in the next Congress, not to mention a 30th Electoral College vote in the 2024 presidential election. That nicely matches the losses suffered by New York State, and ironically enough, New Yorkers fled their own COVID lockdowns for Florida.

The seeming miracle here — at least to this Coloradan’s eyes — is that the faster Florida grows, the redder it gets.

It isn’t due to redistricting dirty tricks in Florida, either, even though you can expect Dems to scream bloody murder about them anyway. Governor Ron DeSantis revealed this spring that an "overwhelming" number of new residents are registering R instead of D.

Posted by Fred 2021-08-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 So it's a non-socialist version of California, but not quite as fast?

Posted by Bobby 2021-08-31 00:26|| 2021-08-31 00:26|| Front Page Top

#2 I will laugh if Florida gets redder and is a solid red state for decades... but I'm not holding my breath. Seen too many locust effect states like Colorado go blue from idiots that moved there.

Posted by DarthVader 2021-08-31 08:17|| 2021-08-31 08:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Colorado uses Dominion and the Sec State has banned forensic audits. So it really doesn't matter how people here vote.

Posted by Angstrom 2021-08-31 11:29|| 2021-08-31 11:29|| Front Page Top

#4 After 2000 election fiasco Florida cleaned up their elections and became redder and redder as a result.

Posted by ruprecht 2021-08-31 13:29|| 2021-08-31 13:29|| Front Page Top

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