President Bidenā€™s reelection campaign announced Monday that it will aim to flip Florida, targeting the home of former President Trump. Campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez said in a memo that inā€¦

President Bidenā€™s reelection campaign announced Monday that it will aim to flip Florida, targeting the home of former President Trump.

Campaign managerĀ Julie Chavez RodriguezĀ said in a memo that investing in Florida is part of the Biden campaignā€™s pathway to 270 electoral votes. Trump won the Sunshine State in 2020 with more than 51 percent, compared to Bidenā€™s 48 percent.

ā€œMake no mistake: Florida is not an easy state to win, but it is a winnable one for President Biden, especially given Trumpā€™s weak, cash-strapped campaign, and serious vulnerabilities within his coalition,ā€ she said.

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The Biden campaign has also set its sightsĀ on flipping North CarolinaĀ in November. Trump won North Carolina by a tight margin in 2020, and Biden visited the state as part of his tour of every battleground state last month.

  • SimplyChad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    361Ā·
    7 months ago

    I honestly donā€™t think Floridaā€™s a swing state anymore. Since desantis took office and designated it an anti-vax safe haven during covid, I think it swung much further right. This is probably a waste of resources.

    • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
      19Ā·
      7 months ago

      You got a dip shit like DeSantis whose War On Woke cost Florida tax payers millions for nothing. And you also have dipshit pedo Matt Gaetz who is proud to pay for underage sex workers and still has a job.

      Flipping will just unwind Floridaā€™s BS to circa 2015 and will take years of recovery before they can rebuild.

    • Billiam@lemmy.world
      13Ā·
      7 months ago

      On the other hand, designating your state full of obese and old people as a COVID haven has one pretty serious drawback.

    • dezmd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8Ā·
      7 months ago

      You are incorrect, FL is swinging further left exactly because of DeSantis and abortion and book bans and education and even Disney. Jacksonville demonstrated the Dems can win in what everyone mistakes for a red region.

    • Conyak@lemmy.tfEnglish
      2Ā·
      7 months ago

      Normally I would agree, but with the GOPs attacks on womenā€™s rights and Florida taking it to an extreme, I do believe there is a path to victory there for Democrats.