President Biden’s campaign believes he can turn deep red Florida blue.
The Biden team insists it can defeat former President Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, citing ongoing legal troubles and financial penalties.
“Don’t get me wrong, Florida is not an easy state to win, but especially with President Trump’s weak and cash-strapped campaign and the serious problems within the coalition,” Biden campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez said in a statement. “This is a winnable state for President Biden, given its vulnerabilities,” wrote Julie Chavez Rodriguez of the Biden campaign. This week’s notes. The campaign says the Democratic coalition is “growing and becoming more dynamic.”
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President Biden waves aboard Air Force One as it departs from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland for Florida. (Reuters/Evelyn Hochstein)
According to the report, Rodriguez went on to say that Florida is a state where “President Biden has a compelling story about the outcome and that Trump and Rick Scott’s radical policies have made life worse for Floridians.” “This is a state where the Democratic coalition is growing and vibrant.”
The Biden team’s efforts to flip Florida are likely to be an uphill battle. The Sunshine State has become a Republican stronghold in recent years, despite a long history of changing colors.
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A road sign welcomes motorists to Florida. (Jim Steinfeld/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)
During the 1980s and early 1990s, Florida was a solidly Republican state, with Republican candidates gaining ground in four consecutive presidential elections.
The state switched sides with former President Bill Clinton in 1996 and has occasionally reversed positions between the two parties since then.
Mr. Trump narrowly won in 2016 over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with about 49% of the vote to Ms. Clinton’s 48%.
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Former President Donald Trump arrives at the election night watch party at Mar-a-Lago in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
In the 2020 presidential election, Mr. Trump faced Mr. Biden and won the state of Florida, gaining about 51% of the vote and 48% of the Democratic Party, widening the gap between Republican and Democratic support in the state. .
