Comments on: Election 2008: Florida http://themoderatevoice.com/20888/election-2008-florida-2/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 30 May 2012 07:46:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: elrod http://themoderatevoice.com/20888/election-2008-florida-2/comment-page-1/#comment-129141 elrod Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:43:43 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/democratic-party/20888/election-2008-florida-2/#comment-129141 You are probably right that Florida leans to McCain. But that's mostly because of age, not the Hispanic population. Every poll so far has shown Obama doing much better among Hispanics than Kerry did. And Florida polls have shown Obama winning Hispanics, who traditionally vote Republican there.<br><br>Despite McCain's support for immigration reform, he is just not very popular among Latinos. Support for Clinton in the primary does not mean support for McCain in the fall. <br><br>Same goes for older Jewish voters, by the way. <br><br>But FL has a lot of retired military people and a popular Republican governor. <br><br>If Obama wins Florida, he wins the election in a rout. You are probably right that Florida leans to McCain. But that's mostly because of age, not the Hispanic population. Every poll so far has shown Obama doing much better among Hispanics than Kerry did. And Florida polls have shown Obama winning Hispanics, who traditionally vote Republican there.

Despite McCain's support for immigration reform, he is just not very popular among Latinos. Support for Clinton in the primary does not mean support for McCain in the fall.

Same goes for older Jewish voters, by the way.

But FL has a lot of retired military people and a popular Republican governor.

If Obama wins Florida, he wins the election in a rout.

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