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Originally Posted by SECdomination
Why is south Florida more liberal? Because of all the hispanics and yankee implants.
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Although I agree that S.Fla has a higher population of democrats than anywhere else in Florida, its not completely liberal. Actually, it's pretty split up in Dade.
Not to mention that Cuban-Americans, that seem to be the topic of discussion whenever this is brought up, are far more Republican than their hispanic counterparts. (e.g. Marco Rubio the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, Mel Martinez in the Senate, Carlos Gutierrez the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen in House of Representatives, etc)
Last presidential election Dade county was 46.6% Republican and 52.9% Democrat. Not all that liberal.
Broward County is more liberal than Dade by a long shot. 64% Dem vs 34% Rep last election. And, it's important to add, that hispanics only make up 22% of Broward's population.