Who do you think will win Florida?

[Senator Snowstalker]

Another edgy swing state.

[Marokai]

Florida is anything but "edgy."

[Rhodie]

Too close to call. It will come down to the choice of veep by Romney, e.g Rubio, Romney victory 51%-46%.

[Progressive Realist]

Probably Romney. The "deep Southern" areas of Northern and Central Florida have a lot of demographic pull.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Romney is probably at his floor right now, and Florida is still close. Florida should go for Romney.

[Torie]

How long will this endless torture go on of thread after thread inquiring just who is going to win a given state, as if one could possibly do more than made a rather wild guess?  Just asking, and I don't mean to pick on Snowstalker per se. His thread is just the straw that broke the camel's back for me.

[RogueBeaver]

Romney.

[mondale84]

Romney.

Not if Ryan is the VP nominee.

[Senator Sbane]

How long will this endless torture go on of thread after thread inquiring just who is going to win a given state, as if one could possibly do more than made a rather wild guess?  Just asking, and I don't mean to pick on Snowstalker per se. His thread is just the straw that broke the camel's back for me.

Seriously. This sort of thread should be restricted to the last week before the election.

[I Can't Get That Sound You Make, Out Of My Head]

I was gonna say Romney, but Ryan changes it.

[Devils30]

In 2008, FL was R+2 relative to the nation. With Ryan I expect it to be more like R+1 or even. Combined with a rising latino population the state looks very promising now.

[Governor Scott]

It's Obama time.

[Fuzzybigfoot]

Very close, but I'll go with Obama for now.

[BushKenya]

still romney, ryan is not that bad

[asexual trans victimologist]

Tossup, previously I would have said somewhere between tilt and lean Romney.

[IDS Speaker Ben Kenobi]

60-40 Obama.

Why do people consider Florida a swing state? It's not.

[Rhodie]

60-40 Obama.

Why do people consider Florida a swing state? It's not.

Yeah.........right.

[Senator Snowstalker]

NOW it's Obama.

[Speaker Dereich]

If anyone seriously thinks this changes the whole dynamic in Florida they need to get their head examined. This isn't going to shift the  race here more then it shifts it anywhere else. Florida is far from leans-D let alone safe-D and is still more Republican then the nation. I still believe Mitt will win here and eagerly await polls confirming that.

[Harry]

What percentage of Florida is over 65, and how does that compare to other states?

I realize that's how Florida is generally stereotyped, but what are the actual numbers?

[Thomas D]

What percentage of Florida is over 65, and how does that compare to other states?

I realize that's how Florida is generally stereotyped, but what are the actual numbers?

17.6%. The National average is 13.3

[greenforest32]

What percentage of Florida is over 65, and how does that compare to other states?

I realize that's how Florida is generally stereotyped, but what are the actual numbers?

http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s0016.pdf

2010 65+ National average = 13%
2010 65+ Florida = 17.3%

[IDS Speaker Ben Kenobi]

If anyone seriously thinks this changes the whole dynamic in Florida they need to get their head examined. This isn't going to shift the  race here more then it shifts it anywhere else. Florida is far from leans-D let alone safe-D and is still more Republican then the nation. I still believe Mitt will win here and eagerly await polls confirming that.

Romney's only advantage over Obama is among the Olds. If the Romney/Ryan ticket splits with the over 65 gang, we're going to see an Obamaslide.

If he wanted to play it close to the vest and lose, he should have gunned for the indies. He would have still lost, but it would have been respectable.

[Speaker Dereich]

If anyone seriously thinks this changes the whole dynamic in Florida they need to get their head examined. This isn't going to shift the  race here more then it shifts it anywhere else. Florida is far from leans-D let alone safe-D and is still more Republican then the nation. I still believe Mitt will win here and eagerly await polls confirming that.

Romney's only advantage over Obama is among the Olds. If the Romney/Ryan ticket splits with the over 65 gang, we're going to see an Obamaslide.

If he wanted to play it close to the vest and lose, he should have gunned for the indies. He would have still lost, but it would have been respectable.

There are no indies, only 4% or so are undecided. Most of the olds voting for Romney will hear all the praises lavished by talk radio on Ryan way before they pay attention to Obama ads, and if the Romney campaign hasn't already started planning damage control for old people then they deserve to lose.

[IDS Speaker Ben Kenobi]

There are no indies, only 4% or so are undecided. Most of the olds voting for Romney will hear all the praises lavished by talk radio on Ryan way before they pay attention to Obama ads, and if the Romney campaign hasn't already started planning damage control for old people then they deserve to lose.

Undecided!=Independent.

You're talking to an independent right now.

I've been listening to those same praises sung for Romney for over a year now. I'm waiting for him to finally show up instead of getting his lunch eaten by Obama.