{"id":1949438,"date":"2023-06-16T16:38:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T20:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-and-democrats-already-face-uphill-battle-for-floridas-hispanic-voters-in-2024\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T16:41:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T20:41:04","slug":"biden-and-democrats-already-face-uphill-battle-for-floridas-hispanic-voters-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-and-democrats-already-face-uphill-battle-for-floridas-hispanic-voters-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden and Dems face tough fight for Florida&#8217;s Hispanic voters in 2024."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-and-democrats-already-face-uphill-battle-for-floridas-hispanic-voters-in-2024%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1949438&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0616\/d262df1c-6212-4bbd-9093-61cde2fac919\/audio.mp3?length=10468557&#038;duration=872\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Over the past six years, Florida\u2019s Hispanic and Latino voters appear to be abandoning the Democratic Party, and as the 2024 elections get closer, President Joe Biden, and all other candidates sporting the blue Democrat label, could be in trouble.<\/p>\n<p>Miami Mayor Francis Suarez recently noted a steady rightward trend among Miami-Dade voters over the past four elections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Cs98IFSu4oi\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&#038;igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a podcast interview<\/a>. After a Hispanic majority has kept the southeast corner of the Sunshine State in a seemingly permanent shade of blue on the electoral maps, numbers show the essential guarantee for President Biden and the Democrats has faded.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2016 presidential elections, Hillary Clinton held favor in the county by 30 percentage points over now-former president Donald Trump. By 2020, Trump\u2019s deficit to his Democratic challenger, sitting President Biden, was reduced to only 8 points.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2018 gubernatorial election, Miami-Dade County chose Democrat Andrew Gillum over Governor DeSantis by 20 points. But in 2022, DeSantis won the county in his reelection bid by 10 points.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5262243\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/05\/12\/id5262243-desantis-signs-ESG-legislation-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs legislation banning the financial industry\u2019s use of ESG principles on May 2, 2023. (Courtesy of the Florida Governor\u2019s Office)<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/david-axelrod-on-biden-things-look-out-of-control-and-hes-not-in-command\/\" title=\"David Axelrod on Biden: Things Look \"Out of Control, and He's Not in Command\"\">2024 presidential election looms<\/a>, Miami might find itself going red again.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Suarez has served the City of Miami since 2017, and just completed a term as president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. While the office of the mayor officially takes no political stance, Suarez identifies himself as a Republican, citing his politics as pro-business and pro-police that have taken hold over the years. On June 15, he announced he would also run for the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>But this seemingly rightward trend among Hispanic voters is not exclusive to South Florida.<\/p>\n<h2>Florida\u2019s Hispanic Voters Are Stepping Up<\/h2>\n<p>Peter Vivaldi lives in Osceola County, outside of Orlando, which boasts a population that is 68 percent Latino. He is the host of the Americano Media talk show \u201cSin Miedo con Peter Vivaldi,\u201d as well as a Republican candidate for Florida state senate district 25 (losing the seat to the incumbent by only 200 votes). He reported that Republicans were winning over the majority of Hispanics in and around the Orlando metropolitan area and the stretch of land between Orlando and Tampa known as \u201cthe I-4 Corridor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce you do a deeper dive, it\u2019s even scarier for the Democrats,\u201d he said. \u201cI am of Puerto Rican descent. And one of the biggest fallacies that has been sold was that the Puerto Rican voters specifically\u2014because I\u2019m on the I-4 Corridor from Tampa to Orlando\u2014has been that the Puerto Rican vote is pretty much Democratic. And when you look at the numbers that just happened with the vote, specifically with Ron DeSantis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several nationalities make up the \u201cLatino\u201d vote, and each has been assumed to vote in certain ways. Vivaldi explained that on a superficial level, Puerto Ricans had been assumed to be Democrats. At the same time, Dominicans have been staunchly Republicans, and then there are the Cubans and Venezuelans who are fleeing their communist homelands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot necessarily am I saying that they registered as a Democrat or as a Republican,\u201d he added, \u201cbut definitely are more in tune with the conservative values when it comes to family, especially to education and our children. Those are real key. Not just [as] talking points, but actual living points for our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5338221\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/16\/id5338221-IMG_3887-1.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n    Peter Vivaldi, ex-candidate for Florida Senate District 25 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-poll-watcher-it-expert-non-trump-supporter-affidavit-sudden-surge-of-20000-mail-in-votes-for-biden-in-early-hours-on-nov\/\" title=\"GA Poll Watcher, IT Expert, Non-Trump Supporter Affidavit: Sudden Surge of 20,000 Mail-In-Votes For Biden In Early Hours On Nov\">talk show host<\/a> on Americano Media. \u2018Sin Miedo con Peter Vivaldi.\u2019<br \/>(Courtesy of Peter Vivaldi)<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p>He goes on to say that the Puerto Rican community is becoming increasingly politically aware as it develops in the Sunshine State, which he sees as \u201ca big red flag for the Biden administration.\u201d Declaring that the voters are no longer being bought by the ideas of socialism or social issues, and their main focus turning to their bottom line and the quality of life they are able to provide for themselves and their families.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the financial issues, Vivaldi credited a significant part of the voting change to divisive family matters, specifically the Left\u2019s vocal support of LGBT issues and its permeation into the school systems, many of whom strongly supported the Parental Rights in Education Law and School Choice legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOrange County is one of those where we have had issues with the school board, and now they\u2019re handling the situations,\u201d he said. \u201cBut what we see more and more is that parents, Hispanic parents\u2014or, Puerto Rican parents\u2014who have and said, \u2018We did not know that this was going on. We will not tolerate this kind of behavior from our school district.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe population obviously in Osceola County, predominantly Puerto Rican, has gone to the right on mindset,\u201d he added. \u201cThey do not want to see their children indoctrinated, they don\u2019t want to see an economy fall apart, and they want to make sure that they can get back to the days of when they could afford things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While current issues have a major segment of central Florida\u2019s population voting more conservatively, the situation is not so clear in matters of party alignment.<\/p>\n<h2>Blurring the Lines of Party Politics<\/h2>\n<p>Jackie Espinosa is another politically active Osceola County resident who is noticing the shift among Floridian voters, along with the demographics. A registered Democrat from New Jersey, she has spent the last 30 years becoming heavily invested in central Florida, owning and operating several successful businesses, including restaurants and real estate, and venturing into local politics.<\/p>\n<p>She explained that we\u2019ve seen an uptick in the Latino community, mostly driven by a big exodus from Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. And the people who decided to stay didn\u2019t know which way to register when they were pressed to register while updating their driver\u2019s licenses. She also reported the latest influx of Venezuelan immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPuerto Ricans are Americans, for all intents and purposes, so they don\u2019t have to wait for the whole process of legal immigration,\u201d she said. \u201cIn Puerto Rico, they don\u2019t have Democrats or Republicans. It\u2019s a different party. Kind of the same philosophies, but different names. So they come here and most of them would start registering NPA\u201d\u2014No Party Affiliation.<\/p>\n<p>She said that the number of NPAs has grown to supersede Democrats and Republicans, but many of them lean Republican in a historically Democratic state. She also credits the superficial sense of Democrat dominance to the flow of transplants from the Northeast who retain their party affiliation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5338275\" style=\"width: 505px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/16\/id5338275-IMG_9945.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n    Jackie Espinosa, business owner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/young-people-should-get-involved-in-politics-cant-wait-in-line-rep-cawthorn\/\" title=\"Young People Should Get Involved in Politics, Can\u2019t \u2018Wait in Line:\u2019 Rep. Cawthorn\">real estate agent<\/a>, and candidate for mayor of Kissimmee, Fla. (Courtesy of Jackie Espinosa)<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p>And while Orlando and Orange County seem to be turning a solid \u201cprogressive\u201d blue, Osceola County, which receives an overflow of Orlando-centric residents, is thrown into a time of change where immigrants from Puerto Rico and Venezuela, northerners, and the \u201cold blood\u201d Floridians have to break down party lines to vote on matters of principle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just such an interesting dynamic here,\u201d she said. \u201cI was born and raised in New Jersey. Everyone was a Dem, and it\u2019s like everyone stood by the same principles. And you know, they had faith and family, but it wasn\u2019t radical to any extreme. So it\u2019s interesting to see what we see here. Because it wasn\u2019t segregated, even as far as beliefs, because Christians were still holding on to their values, even if they were Dems. I think that\u2019s where the misnomer is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Espinosa is currently running for mayor of Kissimmee, her third time running for public office. She constantly finds herself and her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-and-democrats-already-face-uphill-battle-for-floridas-hispanic-voters-in-2024\/\" title=\"Biden and Dems face tough fight for Florida's Hispanic voters in 2024.\">neighbors crossing traditional party lines<\/a> quite often.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI go to the Republican meetings because they actually endorsed my campaign,\u201d she said. \u201cThere will be a big sign sitting in front of the [supervisor for elections] \u2018Republicans Endorse Jackie.\u2019 That\u2019s never happened in Osceola, County. First time ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I won\u2019t switch to being a Democrat,\u201d she confessed. \u201cThere\u2019s so many Democrats here, that if you switch you probably won\u2019t win a race. Because [it is] what it is. So there\u2019s a lot of us that identify right in the middle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the party gatekeepers are not giving up so easily. Espinosa told The Epoch Times that she got in trouble for speaking positively about a Republican candidate she\u2019s known for years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Democrats said you can\u2019t say nice things about the Republicans, and I was like, \u2018I\u2019ll say nice things about anyone. They\u2019re human.\u2019 So they hold you accountable for even something so simple,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<h2>Pandering to Voters<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, Vivaldi reported that Telemundo and Univision, the Spanish-speaking sides of the mainstream media, and \u201c[George] Soros-funded\u201d nonprofits like Alianza for Progress and Hispanic Federation Florida continue to push the liberal narrative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re trying, and they\u2019re all about money,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re not about the community. They\u2019re about winning elections, and they don\u2019t care what the result brings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Using his platform on Americano Media, which has listeners in 26 states now, he says he tries to transmit conservative values, and truth about matters from immigration and parental rights in education to the thing is<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou worry about CNN and MSNBC, and then Fox versus all those [stations]. But with us, there has been no voice. Zero voice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>past six years. This shift could pose a challenge for President Biden and other Democratic candidates in the upcoming 2024 elections, as Florida&#8217;s Hispanic and Latino voters seem to be moving away from the party. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez highlighted the consistent rightward movement among Miami-Dade voters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2129,"featured_media":1949439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[4506,3620,3933,4004,9996,4869,6119,4223],"class_list":["post-1949438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-4506","tag-biden","tag-dems","tag-fight","tag-floridas","tag-hispanic","tag-tough","tag-voters"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2129"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1949438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1949439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1949438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1949438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1949438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}