I’m very interested in that too and will be watching it very closely. At least we know these are all R votes and no Dems will be voting on our candidates. The I-4 corridor will be interesting.
Southeast Florida is more liberal.... Palm Beach, Broward (and to a lesser extent St. Lucie and Miami-Dade Counties).... BUT, Tallahassee and Gadsden counties in North Florida are also blue liberal oasis’s in seas of “redness”! Alachua County (Gainesville) is one of the most liberal areas in Florida because of the university. The Cuban-Americans are trying to turn Miami into GOP Central and Miami Beach is quite blue, but the blacks are having no part of it and will always vote D and/or color. I have often wondered if they would vote for a black Republican over a white Democrat, which would matter more? Party or color?
Remember Governors Lynn Swann and Ken Blackwell? Or how about Senator Michael Steele?
All ran in 2006 as the Republican nominee -- in states with a significant black voting bloc. None of them made more than a dent.
“I have often wondered if they would vote for a black Republican over a white Democrat, which would matter more? Party or color?”
I say that most blacks would vote for the Dem candidate over the black Republican.
Blacks talk a good game about wanting to get “their own” elected to public office. But if faced with a quality black candidate (like Allen West), they’ll vote Dem. First and foremost, they want their freebies.