Trotter’s Sunday Editorial: Oh Reubin, where did you go?
Reubin Askew, a progressive in conservative Florida. Since the election of Jeb Bush as Florida Governor in 1998, the Democratic Party has been trying to figure out how to capture the Governor’s...
View ArticleOpen Carry Returning: Will Democrats Side With the NRA or Law Enforcement?
Florida’s Democrats have time and again demonstrated their weakness for the personal “charms” of Marion P. Hammer and the gun lobby. While support for sensible gun control measures remains consistent...
View ArticleOpinion Polls: The Predictor of Nothing in Florida Politics.
Rick Scott isn’t DOA for 2014 just yet. Over the last two years, Rick Scott has had one of the lowest approval ratings in the United States. According the a CBS/New York Times poll conducted in late...
View ArticleHistory of Populism in Florida Campaigns
Governor Sidney Catts was a genuine Florida populist who used race and religion to rile up anger in the state’s electorate. As Charlie Crist weighs another run for Governor, now as a Democrat, let’s...
View ArticleTPH Archive: Florida Democrats Sell Out To School Voucher Lobby
Here is an article from June we ran on the school voucher lobby’s influence on Democrat: Regular readers of this website will appreciate our continued concern about theunwillingness of Florida’s...
View ArticleCounty Breakdown in FDP Chairs Race: Should the Weighted Vote Go?
The Florida Democratic Party uses a weighted vote system with its State Committee members. This system is controversial as at least in theory disproportionately favors the three urban southeast Florida...
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