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THE VILLAGES, Fla. (NewsNation) — Florida is shaping up to beryllium a cardinal battleground successful the 2024 statesmanlike predetermination arsenic Vice President Kamala Harris gains enactment successful traditionally Republican strongholds.
Recent polling shows erstwhile President Donald Trump maintaining a pb implicit Harris successful Florida, but the spread is narrowing. According to FiveThirtyEight, Trump leads Harris by 3.9 percent points, 47.7% to 43.9%, with a small much than 2 months until the election.
Democrats are optimistic astir their chances successful November, portion immoderate Republicans impulse caution.
"When you're really looking astatine the numbers and what's happening connected the ground, adjacent with the slightest investment, it truly is going to adjacent these gaps and amusement that Florida continues to beryllium a purple state," said Nikki Fried, seat of the Florida Democratic Party.
Florida has trended Republican successful caller years, with Trump winning the authorities successful the past 2 statesmanlike elections. The past Democratic statesmanlike campaigner to triumph Florida was Barack Obama successful 2008 and 2012.
In The Villages, a traditionally blimpish status community, immoderate residents present clasp play cart parades successful enactment of Democrats. However, galore voters stay committed to Trump.
"I've had Donald Trump earlier and helium did an awesome job, truthful we're going that way," said Villages nonmigratory Patti Nail.
Some voters, similar Steve Hesselgrave, an independent, stay undecided. "I voted for Biden past clip and I americium benignant of disappointed the mode the state went," helium said. "I americium waiting to perceive what Kamala has to accidental astatine the statement due to the fact that I truly don't cognize thing astir her."
The economy remains the apical contented for galore Florida voters arsenic some campaigns proceed to vie for enactment successful this important state.
