Since her shock primary win in August, Nixon has complained about Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee recalcitrance to anyone who will listen. In September, she told MS NOW hosts Symone Sanders Townsend and Eugene Daniels that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was less than thrilled about her race.
“When I did speak with Sen. Schumer on the phone, it was basically a ‘we will see,’” she said. “He’s going to look into it. That’s what was said, that he’s going to look into it.”
Nixon went on to say that Democrats were wary of throwing in behind a Black woman in the South following Kamala Harris’ 2024 loss: “Folks are a little gun-shy because, unfortunately, Vice President Harris lost as a Black woman, and so people are being very hesitant in terms of funding Black women, especially in the South.”
Well it’s that and poor turnout, 60% voted, most Floridans don’t give a shit about the midterms except for the elderly who have plenty of time to kill and generally lean to the right.
60% in a midterm is probably pretty high if compared to historical trends.
Yah depending on the source looks like its been on average around 50% for midterms, 70% for the general, so yah a bit more participation than normal.
i mean average voter participation for the US is apathetic
between your numbers and mine it looks like Florida has around 10 percentage points higher turnout than the national average
Yah that might be. A lot of the races were a lot closer than in the past, within a percent or two.
Florida will always be a microcosm of the elderly vote in the US since it’s basically purgatory on Earth - it’s where everyone I grew up with said they would retire.
Yep. I’ve heard Florida be called “God’s waiting room” for my entire life.
Lol what an apt and appropriate description. Well done.