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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsExodus From Puerto Rico Could Remake Florida Politics
https://politicalwire.com/2017/10/06/exodus-puerto-rico-remake-florida-politics/"SNIP..........
New York Times: Every day dozens of Puerto Ricans pour into the Orlando area, fleeing their homes and lives ravaged by Hurricane Maria. In the months to come, officials here said, that number could surge to more than 100,000. And those numbers could remake politics in Florida, a state where the last two presidential and governors races were decided by roughly one percentage point or less.
There are more than a million Puerto Ricans in Florida, a number that has doubled since 2001, driven largely until now by a faltering economy. But their political powers have evolved slowly in this state, and the wave of potential voters from the island could quickly change that calculus.
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Exodus From Puerto Rico Could Remake Florida Politics (Original Post)
applegrove
Oct 2017
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Scott and trump will get to work fast to see if they can starve these people
Eliot Rosewater
Oct 2017
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)1. Scott and trump will get to work fast to see if they can starve these people
or do away with them somehow before they vote.
Gothmog
(145,313 posts)2. Trump may turn Florida blue
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)4. I know some Whites that voted for him who regret their vote now. nt
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)3. Good. We could use 50,000 more Dems in my part of Florida.
I am in north central Florida, hope some come live here.