Why is Florida a purple state and not a blue one?

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Hispanics here are generally more Cuban and more Republican than Hispanics as a whole.

Anywhere north of Central Florida is an extension of Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi and drive up huge Republican numbers.

Whites in Florida are much more conservative than their counterparts in Northern or Western states.

The population skews much older than the population as a whole (think The Villages)

African Americans are more likely to be disenfranchised as voters due to our Felony laws preventing many of them from being able to vote (it's why Blacks make up less of the actual electorate than their demographic suggests they could)