{"id":512359,"date":"2022-11-19T06:02:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T03:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/red-wave-florida-is-the-future-if-we-dont-change-course\/"},"modified":"2022-11-19T06:02:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T03:02:07","slug":"red-wave-florida-is-the-future-if-we-dont-change-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/red-wave-florida-is-the-future-if-we-dont-change-course\/","title":{"rendered":"#Red-wave Florida is the future if we don&#8217;t change course"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29a5a3ade71\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29a5a3ade71\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/red-wave-florida-is-the-future-if-we-dont-change-course\/#%E2%80%9CRed-wave_Florida_is_the_future_if_we_dont_change_course%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Red-wave Florida is the future if we don&#8217;t change course&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CRed-wave_Florida_is_the_future_if_we_dont_change_course%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Red-wave Florida is the future if we don&#8217;t change course&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>The predicted red wave turned out to be a ripple on the national level, but the same cannot be said of Florida. A massive win for Gov. Ron DeSantis, a larger than expected victory for Sen. Marco Rubio, a GOP pickup of four House seats, historic percentages of minorities voting Republican and Miami Dade going red for the first time since 2002 all spell trouble for Democrats \u2014 not just in Florida, but in New York and nationally.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis trounced Democrat Charlie Crist, who served as Florida governor from 2007 to 2011, when Democrats had a firm hold on the state. Back then, Crist\u2019s brand of moderate progressivism was in vogue, as we saw in leaders like Mayor Michael Bloomberg and President Barack Obama. For good reason: It valued capitalism, fought crime, championed American values and won elections.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/my-fellow-dems-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"DeSantis has become a Republican frontrunner for 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-24715724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/my-fellow-dems-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/my-fellow-dems-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/my-fellow-dems-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/my-fellow-dems-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Ron DeSantis carried Florida by nearly 20 points over Democrat Charlie Crist. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Unfortunately, this year Democrats fielded a slate of ultra-liberal candidates, who <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear to be out of touch with even their own voters. Florida Democrats, such as Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> candidate Aramis Ayala,\u00a0displayed the party\u2019s new brand of toxic progressivism, which features woke lectures on gender and race, refusal to enforce immigration laws and dismissal of crime as a non-issue.\u00a0The Florida Democratic Party was unable to corral the left to the center.\u00a0And the results speak for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, DeSantis won re-election by nearly 20 points\u00a0and made significant inroads in deeply blue areas, putting him on strong footing for a presidential bid in 2024.\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/11\/08\/politics\/exit-polls-midterm-election-analysis\/index.html\">Exit polls show\u00a0him<\/a> winning Latinos by 13 points, a significant shift since 2020, when Donald Trump lost them by 7 points. DeSantis also held an edge among Florida\u2019s independents, whom Trump lost in 2020 by 11 points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These numbers are a sign that key Democratic constituencies feel increasingly abandoned by their own party. If DeSantis could win these votes in Florida in 2022, he \u2014 or someone else \u2014 could win them nationally in 2024. The prospect evokes the image of another \u201cGov. Ron\u201d from California, who successfully stole the White House in 1980 from President Jimmy Carter (a Biden-esque figure in his own right).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/my-fellow-dems-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Miami Dade County voted Republican for the first time since 2002. \" class=\"wp-image-24715728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/my-fellow-dems-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/my-fellow-dems-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/my-fellow-dems-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A historic percentage of minority Floridians voted Republican in the midterms.  <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH\/EP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s not too late for Democrats to save themselves if they change their ways. Democrats must realize their stubborn refusal to prosecute crime has cost lives in inner cities and minority communities across America. If Democrats wish to avoid alienating minority voters like they did in Florida, they must reestablish themselves as a party of law and order, and fast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They must also acknowledge that Democratic failures on immigration are hurting immigrant communities most of all, and that if they allow the crisis to spread nationwide, the rightward shift of Hispanic voters will spread with it.\u00a0 Like Texas, Florida is a leading indicator of national attitudes on immigration, and the shift of the state\u2019s Latino voters toward the right should scare every supporter of open borders at the DNC.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Democrats need to acknowledge that DeSantis\u2019 crusade against woke politics, particularly in education policy, appears to have connected with voters. All but the most progressive-minded parents appear to be, at best, wary of the far left\u2019s attitudes on gender and sexual education for children. National Democrats should look very carefully at how these issues played into DeSantis\u2019 hands before the damage spreads.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/my-fellow-dems-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Rubio defeated Val Demings by around 15 percentage points. \" class=\"wp-image-24715726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/my-fellow-dems-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/my-fellow-dems-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/my-fellow-dems-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sen. Marco Rubio won by a far larger margin than expected for his reelection. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>The adage still holds true: As goes Florida, so goes the nation. This is because Florida is a microcosm of America. Miami is the \u201cnew New York,\u201d representing the American Dream to so many, whether immigrants from the south or northeasterners seeking to escape their increasingly chaotic cities. The entire state, far from your traditional red state, is a melting pot of people from all over the country and the world.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis \u2014 perhaps even more than Trump \u2014 is now the antithesis of everything Democrats stand for at the national level. The fact that he won so handily in a state long considered \u201cpurple\u201d should prevent Democrats from falling into complacency over their stronger performance in other states this week, which says more about the weakness of some GOP candidates than the strength of Democrats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s midterms were important, but they were not \u201cthe most important election of our lifetimes,\u201d as President Joe Biden repeatedly claimed. The next presidential election will be vastly more important. Democrats in New York and across the country have a chance to learn from the glimpse into the future that Florida provided, and to change their ways accordingly. If they do, they\u2019ll have a shot at redemption.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Philip\u00a0Levine, a cruise-industry entrepreneur, is a former two-term mayor of Miami Beach and onetime Democratic candidate for governor of Florida.\u00a0<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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