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

[Bismarck]

Northern Florida is the Deep South. Cubans are traditionally hawkish and republican, although not as much as during the Cold War. Central Florida has many suburban areas, white suburbanites, especially in the south, are mostly republican. Lots of conservative retirees. The gulf side has many moderate type republicans boosted by retirees in places like Fort Meyers, Sarasota et.