Florida is key to Trump's campaign strategy — again
by Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times
May 14, 2019
4 minutes
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. - Democrats hoped to score major wins in Florida in 2018, with an influx of new voters from Puerto Rico fuming over President Donald Trump's tepid response to a ravaging hurricane and a diverse Latino population alarmed at his polarizing immigration policies.
But while Democrats won widely last November, Florida Republicans pulled off tight wins in a battleground state that's famous for them, keeping the governorship under Republican control and flipping a Senate seat long held by a Democrat.
The victories gave Trump a powerful pair of allies for his reelection campaign as well as confidence that his attention to Florida is paying off.
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