For Democrats, this midterm was supposed to be a warmup to taking on Trump.
Across Florida, the Democratic Party worked on an unprecedented field campaign this year in conjunction with two liberal groups — For Our Future and the Win Justice Coalition — that targeted low-propensity voters, including young people and minorities. Judging by the turnout in early voters before Election Day, the effort was successful, as record numbers of young and minority voters turned out this midterm when compared to last.
But older, white voters turned out in mammoth numbers as well. And older, white voters have higher turnout rates.
Meanwhile, the white vote is increasingly coalescing around the Republican Party in the Trump era, leading to a racially divided political system. Florida’s Democratic Party is now majority non-white while the Republican Party of Florida, compared to Florida’s general population demographics, is disproportionately white.
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