Miami-Dade County swung red this election, making Gov. Ron DeSantis the first Republican gubernatorial candidate to win the county in two decades. (via Axios Miami)
at Florida International University and Miami-Dade College's Kendall campus, suggesting that perhaps even young voters were leaning red.Miami-Dade Democratic Party Chair Robert Dempster and Armando Ibarra, president of the all-volunteer political group Miami Young Republicans, to better understand strategies on the ground that led Miami-Dade to flip.Ibarra, 38, told Axios that the GOP's victory is partly due to organizing efforts like his group's.
Former President Trump's victory in 2016 inspired Ibarra's group, which he says has about 200 paying members, to try to turn Miami red. They started with smaller issues, like legalizing ride-sharing in the county, and worked up to presidential elections.Ibarra's group tapped into issues that he says evoke strong feelings for some Latino voters, such as policing and the"We were among the earliest that were criticizing and really mocking — making fun of — Latinx," he said.
Dempster told Axios that Democrats have to do a better job registering voters, recruiting volunteers and maintaining a "consistent messaging strategy."
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