Politics

Can Kamala Harris Turn Florida Blue?

Harris gaining support in Republican strongholds

Matthew Donnellon
3 min readAug 24, 2024

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Kamala Harris erased Donald Trump’s lead in the weeks since she’s taken over the top of the ticket.

She’s now polling ahead of him nationally. The Vice President is also either even or ahead in many battleground states.

But what is surprising is that Kamala Harris is making significant grounds on Trump isn’t states that many thought were firm Republican strongholds.

Many pollsters and election forecasters are saying that Florida may be far tighter than anyone realized.

Florida voted blue in 2012 during Barack Obama’s reelection and it’s been voting Republican since.

Not only has it been voting red, but Florida has been the poster child for many conservative policies, like not locking down during Covid-19.

It’s Gov. Ron Desantis was a frontrunner for Republican nominee for a while.

The government there has continually supported conservative ideas and fighting “woke” culture including picking fights with Disney.

At the beginning of the election cycle no one thought Florida would have a chance to turn blue.

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Matthew Donnellon

Matthew Donnellon is a writer, artist, and sit down comedian. He is the author of The Curious Case of Emma Lee and Other Stories.