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Fla. Dems find hope in registration numbers
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Apr 28, 2008 01:20pm |
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| News Date | Sunday, April 27, 2008 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Lesley Clark | McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Sunday, April 27, 2008
The political landscape is shifting in three Miami-area congressional districts held by powerful Republicans, according to voter registration figures that show Democrats making sizable gains.
According to county and state tallies, the number of registered Republicans in the three districts, while still larger than registered Democrats, has declined since the last congressional election in 2006, while more Democrats have been added to the rolls.
''There is clearly a move toward the Democrats that's undeniable,'' said Democratic strategist Jeff Garcia, who helped convince former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez to challenge Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart in a matchup viewed as the headliner among the three.
''Clearly something's happening here,'' Garcia said. ``There's tremendous dissatisfaction with the president and congressional leadership and it's showing up in the numbers.''
Republicans still hold the edge in all three districts, and Carlos Curbelo, a spokesman for the Diaz-Balarts, suggested a ''silver lining'' for Republicans is an uptick in GOP voters since the beginning of 2008. Unlike Democrats, Republicans had a hotly contested presidential primary in late January. |
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