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For the past two decades, Florida has consistently been a competitive state both in its federal and statewide
elections, and this year will be no different. This poll was recently conducted by JMC Analytics and Polling to
gauge voter attitudes about both the Presidential and the U.S. Senate race.

Currently, Donald Trump has a 47-42% lead over Hillary Clinton in the Presidential race (3% support third party
candidates, while 8% are undecided). There are four facets to Donald Trump's lead: (1) Partisan - Despite news
reports to the contrary, Republican voters in Florida favor Trump by a 76-12% margin, and this solid support is
augmented with 54-33% support from white Independents; (2) Geographic - Florida's geographic regions are fairly
predictable in their partisan voting patterns. In this poll, overall geographic patterns of support are similar to those
of 2012, with one exception: Mitt Romney only carried Central Florida 50-49%, while Trump has a 51-37% lead
over Clinton in this crucial region (also known as “the I-4 corridor”) of the state; (3) Ethnic - While much has been
written about the monolithic nature of the Hispanic vote this year, the reality is more complicated in Florida, where
the partisan breakdown of likely Hispanic voters is 39-31% Democratic/Republican (30% are not affiliated with
the two major parties). Those of Hispanic origin in South Florida (particularly Miami-Dade) are historically
Republican, while the growing Hispanic population in Central Florida is Democratic, but not unanimously nor
consistently so. In this poll, Trump has a 49-36% lead over Clinton among Hispanics, largely due to a 72-11% lead
among Hispanic Republicans; and (4) Gender – there is currently an 17-point gender gap, as males favor Trump
51-36%, while female voters favor Clinton 46-44%.

The race in Florida will remain competitive until Election Day, as Hillary Clinton’s Democratic voter base is
solidly behind her as well, with an 84-8% lead among blacks, a 72-18% lead among Democrats (66-23% among
white Democrats), a 55-35% lead in South Florida (which voted 62-37% for Obama in 2012), and a 61-17% lead
in the “university” counties of Alachua (Gainesville) and Leon (Tallahassee – Obama carried these counties 60-
39%). However, she has to improve upon her showing among Central Florida voters, white Independents, women,
and Hispanics if she wants to carry the state in November.

President Obama on Monday called on Congress to revisit the controversial idea of providing a government-run insurance plan as part of the offerings under the Affordable Care Act.

What's been described as the "public option" was jettisoned from the health law in 2009 by a handful of conservative Democrats in the Senate. Every Democrat's vote was needed to pass the bill in the face of unanimous Republican opposition.

But in a "special communication" article published Monday on the website of JAMA, the American Medical Association's top journal, the president says a lack of competition among insurance plan offerings in some regions may warrant a new look.

"Now, based on experience with the ACA, I think Congress should revisit a public plan to compete alongside private insurers in areas of the country where competition is limited," Obama writes.

The president calls on Congress to take more steps to rein in the cost of prescription drugs and make government assistance more generous for those who still cannot afford health coverage; he also urges the 19 states that have not yet expanded the Medicaid program under the health law to do so.

The public option has been a point of controversy from the start. It was included in the version of the health law passed by the House of Representatives, and had support from most Democrats in the Senate, before it was dropped. Many liberals hoped — and conservatives feared — that having the government provide insurance alongside private companies would be a step toward a fully government-run system.

On July 12 2016 07:25 ticklishmusic wrote:


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Heh.

On July 12 2016 07:31 farvacola wrote:

All I'm saying is that collective blame is a fickle thing when the collective in question does not have hard and fast identifying characteristics. And no, violence is not an identifying characteristics of BLM

On July 12 2016 07:39 GGTeMpLaR wrote:
5 point lead for Trump in Florida and he's leading Clinton in the Hispanic vote



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On July 12 2016 09:37 LegalLord wrote:

No strong feelings one way or the other; they're both less than desirable habits but also sort of a choice people have. Looks like a pitch to the religious base though.

On July 12 2016 09:51 zlefin wrote:
cohabitation has limited effect on pair-bonding and family unit formation. Also nuclear families are a terrible idea and a historical aberration.

On July 12 2016 09:59 Falling wrote:

As opposed to what? Extended family/ clan based? I don't know if cohabitation is more likely to create clans.

On July 12 2016 09:47 OuchyDathurts wrote:
Did I step out of my time machine into the year 1671?