@Pandora If you mean shouldn’t we report on and expose these right winger WS politicians and people, yes I think we should. It’s the impression that’s given about the state that I take issue with. Florida is heavily gerrymandered so that affects the political representation, but the the people in the state are registered almost exactly 50/50 Democrat and Republican. Some of the people who are unaffiliated with a party likely vote Republican more often, but the state is still extremely purple.
The media usually reports my city with only a part of the actual numbers from what I can tell. I know that because they say the population of The Villages (TV) is 75,000, and our population is 130,000. TV runs through three counties and they are using the population of only one county, and the voting stats and registration from that county from what I can tell. It’s an inaccurate representation. At the lowest TV is 35% Democrats, I think it might easily be higher. That’s 1 in 3 people you meet. That means it’s not that hard here to make friends with Democrats if that’s all someone wants to do. I’ve seen stats that TV is 2% Jewish (like the US) and somehow I run into Jewish people constantly; running into a Democrat is even easier.
I can’t tell you how many of my friends up north say they would never move to Florida because of the politics, that they have to be surrounded by liberals and diversity. My friends here are diverse. Puerto Rican, Colombian, Black, Jewish, Pakistani, white, and acquaintances who are Spanish, Argentinian, and the list goes on.
I just had a friend say she wouldn’t move here because she has two gay children. I know two lesbian couples within several blocks of me. Last night a gay couple was dancing right next to me in the town square. The once a week meet-up for gay people and friends and family at the country club a mile from is 50–150 people every week, depending on the time of year.
Plus, how is Florida going to change if Democrats only want to be in Blue states? That’s the same as a Black person complaining about red lining, and then the discrimination is finally eradicated, but they won’t move into “white” neighborhoods.
Democrats who won’t move to Florida on some sort of political principle help keep the state and the nation red. Florida is an incredibly important electoral state.
What if the news made Florida more attractive to Democrats?
The news and social media affects how people think. Even the smartest people tend to not really dig deep and research actual statistics, and sometimes it’s hard to get accurate statistics.
Just think, the US is 2% Jewish, does it feel that way to you? Or, does it seem like there are many more than that? Just 6.5 million Jews in the entire country. There are 42 million Black people in the US. There are 60 million Hispanic people in the US. Is your perception of the diversity accurate?
There are just 17 million Jews in the entire world. Does it seem like more? Fewer Jewish people in the entire world than total people in the state of Florida.