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by ceejayoz 1375 days ago
At this point, Cuba is stuck being a chip in presidential politics to win Florida’s electoral votes.
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Meaning if commerce with Cuba was not ban it would be a threat to Florida’s economy?
Meaning there are many Cuban refugees living in Florida who hate the Communist regime and will not support a President who does not continue the sanctions. No political party wants to lose Florida, therefor politicians have a good reason to continue US policy.
Florida's days of being a swing state will likely be over by the next presidential election. Desantis won by tight margins, but he seems to have done a great job attracting exactly the sort of people who'd vote for him to the state and has consistently worked to gerrymander and restrict voting rights for those who'd vote against him.

Crist couldn't even beat Rick Scott for the Senate, and Scott was one of the least popular governors in the country at the time of the election.

Edit: It was actually Bill Nelson who lost to Scott in 2018, my bad. Crist has been hiding out as a US Rep in Saint Pete since losing the governor's race to Scott.

Bill nelson ran against Rick scott not charlie christ.
Oh, right, sorry - Crist lost to Scott as governor years before that. I'll edit my post.
How has Desantis restricted voting rights?
Refused to implement the felon voting rights that voters approved in any manner that might actually by equitable. Proposed an extremely gerrymandered district map that was thrown out by a court, but then worked with the state congress to drag his feet on a replacement to ensure it gets used anyway.
So that is your definition of "restricting" -- not expanding?