Florida’s political shift from purple to deep red

Shribman: Florida went purple to deep red

SEBASTIAN, Florida — Florida used to be an eastern political version of Nevada. Now it is a southern political version of Idaho.

National Perspective: Florida’s political shift from purple to deep red

SEBASTIAN, Florida — Florida used to be an eastern political version of Nevada. Now it is a southern political version of Idaho. Florida once was regarded as the prototypical swing state, much like Nevada, which voted Republican six times in the past dozen presidential elections and went Democratic six times in the same period. Now it more nearly resembles Idaho, which voted Republican in 18 of the last 19 elections. For a time, in the period be…

Florida’s political shift from purple to deep red

Florida used to be an eastern political version of Nevada. Now it is a southern political version of Idaho. Florida once was regarded as the prototypical swing state, much like Nevada, which voted Republican six times in the past dozen presidential elections and went Democratic six times in the same period. Now it more nearly resembles Idaho, which voted Republican in 18 of the last 19 elections. For a time, in the period between 1992 and 2012, …