Thu Dec 20, 2012, 12:05 PM

Florida Democrats have increased their registration advantage by 1,950 voters in the past 12 days

The increase was 815 voters on Tuesday and Wednesday. That's a little unusual.

December 7th - 556,788

December 19th - 558,738

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1045850

http://registration.elections.myflorida.com/CheckVoterStatus

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Florida Democrats have increased their registration advantage by 1,950 voters in the past 12 days (Original post)	Tony_FLADEM	Dec 2012	OP
Due to gerrymandering, inside the state, repubs will have to vote them out for us to win.	SugarShack	Dec 2012	#1
Even if true, that won't hold once the chained CPI is implemented and	plethoro	Dec 2012	#2
Most elderly people in Florida vote Republican.	Tony_FLADEM	Dec 2012	#3
I know that. The rest of my family lives in Safety Harbor. My brother who	plethoro	Dec 2012	#4
I think Dems made headway with elderly voters in this election.	hay rick	Dec 2012	#5

Response to Tony_FLADEM (Original post)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 12:08 PM

SugarShack (1,528 posts)

1. Due to gerrymandering, inside the state, repubs will have to vote them out for us to win.

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Response to Tony_FLADEM (Original post)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 12:12 PM

plethoro (594 posts)

2. Even if true, that won't hold once the chained CPI is implemented and

Republics start saying with some truth that the Democrats just cut your Social Security.

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Response to plethoro (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 12:22 PM

Tony_FLADEM (2,448 posts)

3. Most elderly people in Florida vote Republican.

That's the reason the 2012 election in Florida was relatively close.

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Thu Dec 20, 2012, 12:28 PM

plethoro (594 posts)

4. I know that. The rest of my family lives in Safety Harbor. My brother who

is a Democrat and follows politics almost as much as I has told me that Florida will not go Democratic again if Social Security is touched. The handwriting is on the wall. Incidentally, I know about the Florida results; I was doing the Florida watch for America Speaks because I had my brother online. Out

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Response to Tony_FLADEM (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 09:07 PM

hay rick (3,549 posts)

5. I think Dems made headway with elderly voters in this election.

I did a lot of phone-banking this cycle. Link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021798362

It's obvious that the elderly bloc favored Republicans, but a lot of the seniors I talked to were very concerned about Medicare and the inclusion of Paul Ryan on the Romney ticket was a red flag for those voters. I think some of them flipped on that basis and others decided to stay home.

It's a mistake to think that seniors can be ignored because "they're going to vote Republican anyway."

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