• Upsidedownturtle@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      In 2020 Florida was only won by 3.5%. That isn’t large enough to be considered a safe state. Now you could argue that it has shifted a good deal one way, and that may be true. It’s also worth mentioning Florida has about 0% chance at being the tipping point state. If Florida is even close to turning blue Harris already won, and the closer sunbelt and southern states like NC and Georgia likely have already gone blue as well.

      If anything boosting Democrat enthusiasm in the state means more to helping lower elections than it would have an affect on the top of the ticket.

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      In a couple of weeks Harris-Wallz will isolate states that are close or have a good chance of turning. They do this with statistical analysts and on the ground reporting. They might even do it to promote the down ballot. Florida and Texas will both be looked at. You’ll know by that and the money they pour into those states

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      I just hope the democrats don’t make the same mistake they did in 2016, where their internal polling said they could get Texas, so they spent a ton of resources there instead of the swing states she actually needed. Biden ran his campaign in the right places, and Harris should do the same and not get distracted by a juicy red state.