By that logic, every state is a purple state and the classification isn't useful anymore.
Instead, the criteria that actually matters is the degree of uncertainty about which side of the 50% mark it'll fall on in any given election. Florida is no longer all that uncertain.
So would ending the first-past-the-post voting system, which is what amplifies marginal changes in public sentiment to extreme changes in government policy in the first place.
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expatriado@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 1y
would be nice if Biden uses his lame duck status to revert it. FL isn't much of a purple state anymore anyway
djsaskdja@reddthat.com · 36 pts · 1y
Biden has never supported any leftist policies. Why would he start now?
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Is lifting the embargo on Cuba really a "leftist" policy? Didn't Obama try it?
Cowbee@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
Would certainly be a Leftist victory, arguing whether or not an action is leftist is semantics.
GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 1y
It wouldn't really mean that much since Trump would reverse that decision immediately.
Basically just giving Trump a free win with the Latino block in Florida for no discernable benefit.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 1y
Trump got 56.1% vs Harris’s 43% in 2024.
That means nearly every other person isn’t Republican.
That’s pretty purple.
grue@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y
By that logic, every state is a purple state and the classification isn't useful anymore.
Instead, the criteria that actually matters is the degree of uncertainty about which side of the 50% mark it'll fall on in any given election. Florida is no longer all that uncertain.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Considering every state to be a purple state would probably be good for Americans as a whole.
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y
It's almost like every state isn't a monolithic political entity
grue@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
So would ending the first-past-the-post voting system, which is what amplifies marginal changes in public sentiment to extreme changes in government policy in the first place.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
What about strange women lying in ponds distributing swords?
d00phy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Maybe slightly worse than the Electoral College.
d00phy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Yeah she lost FL by over 10 points. That’s pretty solidly red.
hglman@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
33% of voteing age people in Florida didn't vote. 37% voted for Trump, 30% for Harris.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
The non voters already took themselves out of the equation.
john89@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 1y
So bullshit that this is still going on.
Cowbee@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
The US Empire punishing its former colonies.
Sarmyth@lemmy.world · -21 pts · 1y
Garibaldee@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y
You go live under a blockade if it's such a propaganda title
Sarmyth@lemmy.world · -6 pts · 1y