Could anti-immigration law backfire on DeSantis and turn Florida blue again? - Opinion

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3. California was a different demographic

The Latino demographics are dissimilar, with Mexican-Floridians being only 1/7 of Latinos in Florida.
As to the blue shift in California, that was fueled by its own power, probably helped by 187 backlash but going on independently. There was nothing in the 1990s or since that was working in favor of the forces of guns, race, and religion that led to the current GOP coalition.

Florida is a much more Southern state, so the race/gun/religion thing has tilted it towards its neighboring states, with the nails in the coffin being provided by retiring white northerners (who are as anti-immigrant as anyone in this country) replacing the last of the WWII generation that elected progressive Floridians from the 70s to the 90s.