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Hundreds Turn Out for Kamala Harris in Florida Enclave That Hasn’t Voted for a Democrat Since 2000 (www.vanityfair.com)
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The VP appears pretty popular in the Villages.

The Villages is a 55-plus retirement community located in Sumter County, Florida that has not voted for a Democratic candidate in a general election since 2000. In 2020, Donald Trump won 67.8% of the vote compared to Joe Biden’s 31.7% in the county. In 2016, Trump won 68.8% to Hillary Clinton’s 29.5%. In 2008 and 2012, when Barack Obama carried the state, 63% of ballot castors in Sumter voted for John McCain and 67.2% for Mitt Romney, respectively. In other words, it’s an extreme Republican-stronghold—which makes new enthusiasm for Kamala Harris there not great news for Trump!

Over the weekend, hundreds of golf carts paraded around the Villages in support of Harris's candidacy, reportedly creating a traffic jam as they showed their excitement for the VP. “Young people are energized and so are we,” resident Joyce Wiegand told Villages-News. Said her friend Karen Wink: “Kamala isn’t just for young people, she’s for all of us. She supports Social Security, Medicare and health care. That matters to us.”

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[–] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 79 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Start showing them how their party is out to hurt them, show them the leopards will eat their face if they go to that “leopard face eating” party. It can happen to them. It WILL happen to them. I hope more people are opening their eyes. No shame in changing your opinion due to new to you information.

[–] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I wonder how many of them realize Republicans want to defund Medicare and Social Security.

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago (5 children)

The more headlines I see saying how popular Harris is, the more I think it's going to backfire.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You too? I see these posts about how calling him weird is so effective and I'm thinking, this is squeezing the juice out of the lemon before you want to make lemonade.

I could be wrong, I mean, I'm not one of the political geniuses like the Democratic strategists that had to be hauled kicking and screaming from running their senile incumbent into a brick wall.

[–] Wootz@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I definitely think that Harris has a better chance than Biden, but I agree. The current surge in optimistic articles about Harris feels like it's riding a wave of elation following Biden's withdrawal.

People want to be reaffirmed in their belief in Harris, these articles feed that need.

[–] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Worst case, MSM pushing this because the engagement around Biden dropping out has been higher than Trump being Trump.

Might not be a bad thing. But it does seem like a self fulfilling narrative at this point.

[–] drdiddlybadger@pawb.social 4 points 1 month ago

Trump is just boring and weird in the bad way. He genuinely makes people uncomfortable and because of that people have stopped looking at stories about him. He's uncool, unchanging, and unwelcoming.

[–] LucidNightmare@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why? It’s almost universally what people on all sides were whining about online and in person.

Biden old!
Biden forget words!

Now we have a younger candidate, and now there is only one old as fuck white guy running. I’m excited too. So should others.

You do you tho!

[–] fluckx@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm happy about it. It also scares me that people might just assume it'll be fine and not vote. Like the brexit referendum that barely passed because a large chunk of the population assumed not that many people would vote against it.

[–] InternetUser2012@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

That lessen was learned in 2016, I'll bet there will be a record turn out on the Democrat side. I also bet the republikkklown turnout will be less. 34 felonies and pissing on democracy will turn away some voters, the cult however will vote.

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People get fatigued hearing this stuff daily, and it creates pushback against the intended recipient.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Or they become encouraged. It sure beats not saying anything at all.

[–] netvor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Backfires backfire.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 month ago

Once she's officially nominated, I'm expecting someone to take a shot at her.

[–] moshankey@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is an amazing thing. The Villages is usually redder than red. Hope.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 month ago

It still is. These articles are very misleading. The Villages is absolutely gigantic. As nice as it is that some of the Democrats living there are fired up and making themselves visible, they are still well in the minority. Ultimately, my hope is that enough of them show up on election day and keep showing up so that as the Boomers die and the following generations take over, the political makeup there starts to change.

To anyone reading this article, please don't let "good news" lessen your urgency to vote.

[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

A University of North Florida poll in Florida finds Donald Trump leading Kamala Harris in the presidential race, 48% to 42%.

Of course, Harris hasn't fought for the state yet.

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[–] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I've visited in-laws there a couple of times and the support for Trump is insane. There's a PA system in one of the squares and they'll just broadcast Fox News shows over it.

And if you've never seen it or been there, The Villages is HUGE and is made up of several very large "neighborhoods" and is for the most part self contained with restaurants, hotels, bars, shops, movie theaters, etc.