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Steve SchaleNovember 16, 2016

Give any Florida strategist with statewide experience the following data points: by 7:15 p.m., the Democratic candidate has a 10-point lead in Hillsborough, a 100K vote lead in Orange, a 200K vote lead in both Dade and Broward early voting, and is ahead in Duval, and everyone would think the same thing: that Democratic candidate is going to win. Certainly, that […]

Mitch PerryNovember 16, 2016

Lifelong Democrat Bob Buckhorn admits it’s been rough adapting to a world where Hillary Clinton won’t be the next president. The Tampa mayor went all-out for the party’s presidential nominee, including a weekend winter trip to New Hampshire just days before the first primary in the nation last February. And while Clinton did take Hillsborough County (along with the other major […]

Mitch PerryNovember 16, 2016

Now that the shock is starting to wear off over Donald Trump’s stunning upset in the presidential election a week ago, the biggest story in national politics is what he intends to do with his enormous power and who will help him do it. That means the selection of cabinet officers, with the most high-profile […]

Associated PressNovember 15, 2016

The nation’s Republican governors met Tuesday in battleground Florida where they said were “giddy” at the opportunity for “disruptive changes” to wrest power from Washington following the election of Donald Trump. Wisconsin’s Scott Walker, the incoming chairman of the Republican Governors Association, said that “the sky’s the limit” and that the “possibilities are endless now” […]

Mitch PerryNovember 15, 2016

Mike Evans is feeling the heat today — and so is his employer, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Evans decision to sit during the playing of the national anthem before Sunday’s game at Raymond James Stadium versus the Chicago Bears to protest the election of Donald Trump as president is predictably receiving negative reviews in Tampa — the […]

Associated PressNovember 14, 2016

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Google’s search engine is highlighting an inaccurate story claiming that President-elect Donald Trump won the popular vote in last week’s election. It’s the latest example of bogus information spread by the internet’s gatekeepers. The incorrect results are shown in a two-day-old story posted on the pro-Trump “70 News” site. On Monday, a link to the […]

Mitch PerryNovember 14, 2016

Among the significant factoids produced by the exit poll conducted by Edison Research from last Tuesday’s election was that Donald Trump actually did better than Mitt Romney when it came to winning the Latino vote. It wasn’t by much, but according to that information, Trump received 29 percent support from Hispanics, better than Romney’s 27 percent in 2012. That seems counterintuitive to some, considering […]

Mitch PerryNovember 11, 2016

Florida Democratic Party Chair Allison Tant announced Friday she will not run for another term as party chair in January. “It has truly been a privilege and an honor to serve as your chair and I wanted you to hear from me first that I’ve decided to not seek re-election in January,” Tant wrote in email […]

Associated PressNovember 11, 2016

Donald Trump‘s victory came as a surprise to many Americans, the nation’s pollsters most of all. Heading into Election Day, most national surveys overstated what will likely be a narrow popular vote advantage for Hillary Clinton and led many to believe she was a shoo-in to win the Electoral College. “The polls clearly got it […]

Associated PressNovember 11, 2016

For an American public that relies on data for everything from where to find the best taco to the likely victor in a baseball game, Election Day offered a jarring wake-up: The data was wrong. Donald Trump‘s stunning electoral win came despite prognosticators’ overwhelming insistence he would lose. And it has forced many to question […]

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Steve Schale: Florida 2016 in the rearview mirror

Bob Buckhorn says it’s a time for soul searching in the Democratic Party

Mitch Perry Report for 11.16.16 — Who will be our next Secretary of State?

GOP governors gather amid push for ‘disruptive change’

Mitch Perry Report for 11.15.16 — The non-voters speak out

Google highlighting inaccurate story about election results

Mitch Perry Report for 11.14.16 — Questioning the exit poll data

Allison Tant won’t return as Florida Democratic Party chair

Polling misfires to be explored after unexpected Donald Trump win

‘Big data’ questioned in wake of Donald Trump’s surprising victory