Presidential race 2016

[HairOfTheDog]

Florida is the swing state with the most electoral votes.


Blue is firmly Democratic, light blue leans Democratic, Red is firmly Republican, light red leans Republican, Gray swings both ways.

Republican Governor Rick Scott is head of a Donald Trump Super Pac. He denied requests from the DNC to extend the deadline for Floridians to register to vote following the storm. The DNC had made the argument that the storm prevented people from in-person registration last week, delayed mail ballot delivery, and suspended internet registration ability for some Floridians.

Fortunately, a federal judge overruled Governor Scott's refusal to extend the deadline and rebuked him for denying the sensible request to ensure citizens had the ability to exercise their rights to vote after an unforeseeable natural emergency. Scott's reason for refusing the extension was, "they've already had plenty of time."

The judge extended the deadline by 24 hours and will today be hearing the DNC's request to extend the deadline to October 18^th.

Clinton has a small poll lead in Florida right now and Democrats are more aggressive in later voter registration efforts, but the areas most affected by the storm reportedly lean more Republican than Democrat. So, it's not clear which side would benefit more from the extension. But, people's ability to exercise their rights to vote should not be suppressed by partisan politics in any case, in my opinion. I hope the judge extends the deadline by 6 more days.

Refs:
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/le...n-/2297387
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/...-5635.html