Florida is fairly RED state that Trump won in 2016 and in 2020. Biden has little chance of winning this state in 2024. HOWEVER, the polls show Harris not that far behind Trump as we head towards the election in November. Florida has been a PURPLE state in the past, and could become so again, therefore we consider Florida a “Marginal” LIGHT RED state.
Latest Opinion Polling Results in Florida:
| state | STATUS | Trump | Harris | other/DK | % gap | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | LT RED | 51% | 44.4% | 4.6% | 6.6% | Oct-23 |
Voting Results in 2020 Election:
| Trump | Biden | Won by | % gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5,668,731 | 5,297,045 | 371,686 | 3.4% |
Voting Results in 2016 Election:
| Trump | Clinton | Won by: | % gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,617,886 | 4,504,975 | 112,911 | 1.2% |
https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/voting-and-registration/p20-580.html
Presidential Election – Nov 5th, 2024
In Florida, it is fairly safe to vote for a third-party candidate in the general election, without fear that this will help get Trump back into the White House. He will win this state anyway, and if he doesn’t, he has no chance of winning the election without it.
If you want your vote to count as a vote to survive, vote for Jill Stein on November 5th! Jill stands for a ceasefire in Gaza, negotiations in Ukraine, an end to warmongering with China, the abolition of nuclear weapons and a full-scale mobilization to address the climate emergency.
Vote Swapping
Are you willing help ensure that Trump does not get back into the White House by voting for a third-party candidate in exchange for someone in a purple state voting for Harris (instead of their preferred third-party candidate)? If you’d like to know more, click here.
As someone voting in a MARGINAL STATE, however, you may want to vote for Harris on the off-chance that she could actually win this state. In that case, you have the choice of swapping your vote with someone in a more solid red or blue state, where a vote for Jill Stein can help send a message to Kamala Harris that you want more urgent and serious attention given to the existential threats facing humanity and that she does not have a blank check to continue with business as usual.
In that case, you can choose to swap your vote as if you are voting in a PURPLE state, and swapping with someone in a RED or BLUE state:
Register to Vote!
| state | Registration_by_Mail | Registration_Online | Registration_in_Person |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | Oct. 7 | Oct. 7 | Oct. 7 |
Vote by mail:
| state | Deadline_to_Apply | Deadline_to_Mail | Deadline_to_be_Received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | Oct. 24 | Oct 24 | Nov 5 |
Vote in person:
| State | Polls_open_am | Polls_close_pm | Find your polling place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 7 | 7 | https://registration.elections.myflorida.com/CheckVoterStatus |
AND, you can help win this state for all of us by encouraging a friend, relative, colleague, former neighbor, or somebody else you know to vote, and to vote for our survival, at this election.
Click here for more ideas and help in convincing a friend or relative to vote.
Senate Races
Republican Rick Scott is up for re-election this year, but he won in 2018 with only 10,000 votes to spare, so Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is in with a fighting chance to take this seat and secure a Senate majority for the Democrats. If the Republicans re-gain control of the Senate, it will be impossible for a President Harris to fully implement her agenda.
So a vote for Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is a vote to survive!
House Races
The best we can hope for in 2024 at the Presidential and Senate levels is to prevent Donald Trump and the Republicans from retaking control so that we will at least survive the next four years. But in the medium term, we need to elect politicians who support the Green New Deal, Medicare for All, the Nuclear Ban Treaty and other real, sustainable solutions to the global threats facing us all.
Luckily, we already have over 100 such politicians in the House of Representatives. We need to make sure they get re-elected, and we need to elect more of them!
If you live in one of these US Congressional Districts, you have an incumbent Democrat who is already a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus to support for re-election!
District 9 – Soto
District 21 – Frankel
District 24 – Wilson
District 26 – Mucarsel-Powell