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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 12, 2016

There are 56 days until Election Day. Twenty-nine days until the voter registration deadline. And just 12 days until election officials put the first round of ballots in the mail. In Florida, where polls show a tight race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, every vote matters. And with just a few weeks until the […]

Scott PowersSeptember 12, 2016

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The campaign for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is opening six more offices in Florida in conjunction with the Democratic National Committee this week, giving the Clinton campaign 57 Florida offices. The new joint Hillary For Florida-DNC offices are set for Coral Gables, Key West, Pinecrest, East Orlando, West Orlando, and Ft. Myers. The Hillary For […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 12, 2016

Hillary Clinton’s words are being used against her in a new TV ad for Donald Trump. The Trump campaign released a 30-second spot Monday featuring footage of Clinton calling Trump supporters deplorable, comments she made during a fundraiser on Friday. Clinton later expressed regret for the comments. “You could put half of Trump’s supporters into […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 12, 2016

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A new poll shows Donald Trump leading Hillary Clinton in the Sunshine State. The automated poll conducted by JMC Analytics and Polling showed Trump was at 46 percent. Clinton, the poll found, was at 42 percent. Libertarian Gary Johnson received 3 percent support, followed by Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate, with 1 percent. Eight percent […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 12, 2016

Hillary Clinton is letting Republicans make the case against Donald Trump in a new TV ad. The 30-second spot, called “Agree,” features clips of several prominent Republicans — including Sens. Lindsey Graham, Ben Sasse, and Jeff Flake, and 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney — speaking out against Trump. The ad shows several Republicans saying they cannot […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 12, 2016

Stealing elections, even presidential ones, is an American political tradition dating back to the beginning of our nation. Think about those hanging chads in Florida, or Mayor Daley stuffing the ballot box in Chicago for JFK. But stuffing the ballot box is about to be taken to a new level in the race for the […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 12, 2016

Good Monday morning to you all. While the U.S. media will be focused intently on Hillary Clinton‘s health, there’s another issue taking place today that deserves close observation — the tentative truce between the warring factions that’s supposed to happen in Syria tonight at sundown. The truce was announced last last week between Russia and the U.S., and […]

Scott PowersSeptember 9, 2016

Texas Democratic icon Wendy Davis and Florida congressional candidate Stephanie Murphy argued Friday that the November election offers picks between women who understand issues such as child care, women’s choice, and equal pay — and men who do not. Davis, the former Texas state senator who made national headlines by filibustering an anti-abortion bill there […]

Bill RuftySeptember 9, 2016

If you are a presidential candidate, you can’t come to Florida with a single, cookie-cutter campaign and speak to issues based on national surveys. Florida is one of the most diverse and perhaps, with 29 electoral votes, the most crucial swing state in the presidential election, University of South Florida political science professor Susan MacManus […]

Phil AmmannSeptember 9, 2016

In an abrupt move, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee delayed its first week of television ads in Florida’s Senate race, originally scheduled for later this month. Ads supporting Democrat Patrick Murphy were initially supposed to run Sept. 20-26. According to a top Republican super-PAC, we now know why. Citing a report from the Columbus Dispatch, […]

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