Scott PowersNovember 18, 2019
3min1895
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Scott PowersNovember 18, 2019Scott PowersNovember 6, 2018
2min251
Younger voters and voters of color have turned out in much greater numbers through early voting this year than in 2014, the Florida Democratic Party is reporting Tuesday morning. The party released data tables Tuesday that also show white voters and older voters, key to the Republican base, are trending behind the levels seen in […]
Scott PowersNovember 1, 2018
4min623
A new survey from St. Pete Polls shows Florida’s U.S. Senate race still airtight and within the margin of error, with Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson grabbing 49 percent and Republican Gov. Rick Scott 47 percent. The latest poll, taken Tuesday and Wednesday, shows the same demographic trends that have appeared in surveys throughout the […]
Scott PowersOctober 22, 2018
1min271
Two major Democratic groups that have each poured millions of dollars already into Florida this year are launching a new wave of digital ads aimed at encouraging the base to get out to vote. Senate Majority PAC and Priorities USA Action are launching the ads in Florida and four other battleground states as part of […]
Scott PowersSeptember 24, 2018
5min229
Two Democratic political committees that have been pounding Florida’s airwaves and social media pushing U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and opposing Republican Gov. Rick Scott‘s U.S. Senate bid are launching new ads that turn in another, more subtle direction. Senate Majority PAC and Priorities USA are jointly launching three new 15-second internet ads that encourage voter turnout, […]
Scott PowersAugust 31, 2018
5min1270
Andrew Gillum is breaking ahead of Ron DeSantis in the governor’s race, fueled by the early preference of Florida’s independent voters, according to the first publicly-released poll of the general election campaign season. A new poll produced by Public Policy Polling gives Gillum, the progressive Tallahassee mayor who rocked the Democratic Party on Tuesday, 48 percent, […]
Steve SchaleMay 24, 2017
10min231
In my earliest days on the Barack Obama campaign in 2008, one of our first statewide polls showed a weakness with Black voters, at least compared to other states. It wasn’t necessarily that John McCain was doing better than elsewhere, just that there were more voters on the sidelines. It didn’t take long to figure […]
Peter SchorschOctober 31, 2016
4min163
With a week to go before Election Day, a shocking development has taken place in the race for Florida’s 13th Congressional District. According to several sources, there are black people in the district! Not only that, they may not all vote as a monolithic block. And, believe it or not, the Republican incumbent, David Jolly, is […]
Scott PowersSeptember 13, 20164min156
The Florida Democratic Party is reporting more than 221,000 new Democratic voters have been added to the state’s voter rolls during the first eight months of this year — 20 percent more than the number of new Republicans. The gap is far wider among new voters who are black, Hispanic, or reporting “other” races on their voter registrations, […]
Associated PressNovember 27, 2015
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Ayauna King-Baker loved Ben Carson‘s “Gifted Hands” memoir so much that she made her daughter Shaliya read it. So when Carson showed up in town to sign copies of his new book, King-Baker dragged the giggly 13-year-old along to the bookstore so they could both meet him. To King-Baker, Carson’s “up-by-your bootstraps” life story makes […]