re: #49 freetoken

I suspect that Rubio’s re-election illustrates well how effectively the well was poisoned, against Clinton and then by extension other Democrats in tight states.

But I have to point out again that Trump carried FL by a non-trivial margin. Compare to the 2000 election, in which W won it by the slimmest possible circumstances.

What does this tell us? Is Florida full of marks?

Florida is an interesting case. Yes, 2000 saw the difference be less than a thousand with 5.4 million voting. But in 2004, Bush won by 381,000 with 7.6 million votes cast. In 2008, Obama won by 237,000 with 8.3 million voting. He won again in 2012 by only 74,000 with 8.4 million voting. And this year, Trump won by 113,000 with 9.4 million voting. So, incredibly close in 3 of the 5 elections this century. I’m not sure what it can really tell us about the state.