Why Florida is still in play for Trump
Donald Trump could win the biggest battleground state in spite of himself.
By Marc Caputo
09/15/16 05:21 AM EDT
MIAMI — The nation’s biggest battleground state should have buried Donald Trump’s White House hopes.
With Florida’s booming Hispanic population, Trump’s harsh immigration rhetoric sounded like political suicide. In a state where TV ads drive the electorate, Trump penny-pinched on air time. And though organization is a must here, Trump had no field offices for months and he replaced his Florida campaign manager in a shakeup less than a month before officials mail out absentee ballots to voters.
Yet he is essentially tied with Hillary Clinton and even leads her in some polls, a gravity-defying feat that is keeping Florida’s 29 electoral votes in play — and Trump’s chances in the Electoral College alive.
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