{"id":2202856,"date":"2024-03-20T17:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T21:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-canceled-their-florida-primary-to-help-biden-it-backfired-and-helped-republicans-flip-local-seats\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T17:05:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T21:05:54","slug":"democrats-canceled-their-florida-primary-to-help-biden-it-backfired-and-helped-republicans-flip-local-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-canceled-their-florida-primary-to-help-biden-it-backfired-and-helped-republicans-flip-local-seats\/","title":{"rendered":"The decision by Democrats to cancel the Florida primary in support of Biden ended up benefiting Republicans, leading to the flipping of local seats"},"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\">48<\/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%2Fdemocrats-canceled-their-florida-primary-to-help-biden-it-backfired-and-helped-republicans-flip-local-seats%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=2202856&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--><h2>Florida Democrats&#8217; Decision Backfires: Impact on Local Races<\/h2>\n<p>Florida Democrats opted to award \u2063President Joe Biden the state&#8217;s delegates in November, bypassing a primary vote, possibly to shield\u200d the\u2062 unpopular incumbent. However, this strategy\u2063 seemed to have adverse effects, leading to losses in local elections for Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Party leaders handed Biden the state&#8217;s 224 delegates\u2064 months \u200bin advance, canceling the primary. Biden&#8217;s\u200d Democrat challengers criticized this move as intentional disenfranchisement, aimed at helping the incumbent. The absence of\u200b a statewide Democrat primary \u2063resulted in lower turnout among registered Democrats compared to Republicans who strongly supported \u2063former President Donald Trump in the primary.<\/p>\n<p>Several key wins \u200dby \u200cRepublicans highlighted the\u200d negative impact of the\u200c Democratic Party&#8217;s decision. Republican-backed\u200c candidates secured victories, flipping seats in their favor. For instance, Bruce Rector won Clearwater&#8217;s nonpartisan \u200cmayoral race, Michael Mannino and Ryan Cotton snatched City Council seats,\u200c defeating Democratic incumbents.<\/p>\n<h3>Success for \u2062Republican Candidates<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Bruce Rector&#8217;s victory in Clearwater<\/li>\n<li>Republican Shane Taylor winning the Oakland mayoral\u2064 race in Orange County<\/li>\n<li>Republican Nick Nesta retaining his position as Apopka City Commissioner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The\u2062 Tampa Bay Times attributed these \u200cwins to a significant conservative turnout, emphasizing\u200b the\u200b appeal of Republican candidates in\u2063 these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/runbeck-election-systems-teamed-up-with-dominion-voting-systems-in-georgia-election-pallets-of-companys-ballots-found-in-fulton-county-warehouse\/\" title=\"Runbeck Election Systems Teamed Up with Dominion Voting Systems in Georgia Election \u2014 Pallets of Company\u2019s Ballots Found in Fulton County Warehouse\">local races<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It \u2064was \u2062not just Clearwater and Orange County that saw a wave of Republican victories. In Delray Beach, former mayor Tom Carney \u2064successfully flipped \u200bthe mayor seat. The \u2062win over incumbent Shirley Johnson, who championed \u200cdiversity and equity, showcases a shift towards more conservative choices in\u200c the\u200d area where Biden had previously\u200d dominated.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>3 \u2063victorious GOP Mayors in Palm Beach County: Well done to Wellington Mayor-elect Michael Napoleone, Juno\u200b Beach Mayor-elect Peggy Wheeler, and newly \u2063re-elected Hypoluxo Mayor Michael Brown!\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KeepFloridaWinning?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KeepFloridaWinning<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Florida GOP (@FloridaGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FloridaGOP\/status\/1770256084965511552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Efforts by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tyler-perry-calls-on-doj-to-investigate-georgia-likens-voter-integrity-law-to-jim-crow\/\" title=\"Tyler Perry Calls On DOJ To Investigate Georgia, Likens Voter Integrity Law To \u2018Jim Crow\u2019\">failed gubernatorial candidate<\/a> and Florida Democratic Party\u2062 chairwoman\u200b Nikki Fried to boost local\u2062 Democrat-friendly candidates faced challenges. Only four out of seven \u200bcandidates she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youngkin-sets-sights-on-final-target-as-2024-rumors-swirl\/\" title=\"Youngkin eyes 2024 goal amidst swirling rumors.\">endorsed emerged victorious<\/a>, with\u200d two winning by narrow margins.<\/p>\n<p>George \u2064Oliver, a Democrat-backed candidate, won a seat on the Ocoee City Commission by a slim margin. \u200bHis\u200d pro-life challenger benefited from \u2062Republicans&#8217; active involvement in the\u200c statewide primary, where\u200d Democrats were absent, reflecting a trend in favor of conservative choices.<\/p>\n<p>As \u200cthe local elections\u200d unfolded, it became evident that the Democratic Party&#8217;s decision to forgo \u2064a\u2062 primary vote in support of Biden had repercussions. Democrat losses in \u200dlocal races \u200bhighlighted\u2062 the importance of \u2062voter engagement\u200b and the impact of strategic decisions\u200c on election outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>Despite efforts to\u200b elevate \u2063Democrat-friendly candidates, the fallout from canceling the primary\u2064 resonated in the results, showcasing a \u2063significant impact on the political landscape at the local level.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Brianna Lyman \u2063is an elections \u200bcorrespondent at The Federalist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Democrats opted to allocate the state&#8217;s delegates to President Joe Biden in November, bypassing a primary vote, possibly to shield the incumbent. However, this strategy seemed to have adverse effects, resulting in Democratic losses in local elections. Party leaders awarded Biden the 224 delegates ahead of time, ultimately impacting local races negatively<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2202857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6767979825_069137b395_k-e1710967335952.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2202856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6767979825_069137b395_k-e1710967335952.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202856","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\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2202856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2202857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2202856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2202856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2202856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}