Election 2020 live updates: Here’s what is happening in Florida with 2 days to go
We’re keeping track of the latest news regarding the campaigns, early voting and other political news in South Florida and around the state. Check back for updates throughout the day.
The President and curfew
President Donald Trump’s Sunday night rally at Opa-locka Airport could wind up flouting the midnight COVID-19 curfew of Miami-Dade County and Mayor Carlos Gimenez, a Trump supporter. But Gimenez issued a statement Sunday afternoon saying the rally will start at 9:30 p.m. and end before midnight. Democrats still criticized the rally as an insensitive, potential super-spreader event.
A new story on this situation posted Sunday afternoon.
Jill Biden and George Floyd’s family in Tallahassee
While much of the national Florida focus was on South Florida, Jill Biden, wife of Democratic Presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden, was in Tallahassee with the family of George Floyd. Floyd’s death under a Minneapolis police officer’s knee sparked, especially in the Black community, a surge of emotion and desire for social justice that Biden hopes he can convert to voting booth support.
Read the entire story here.
One last home-stretch push
In addition to “Souls to the Polls” drives across South Florida to get out the vote, President Donald Trump will hold an 11:30 p.m. rally at Opa-locka airport as hotly contested elections for U.S. president (Trump vs. Joe Biden), Miami-Dade mayor (Daniella Levine Cava vs. Esteban Bovo) and a couple of U.S. House of Representatives seats (incumbent Democrat Donna Shalala vs. Republican Maria Elvira Salazar for Florida’s 27th Congressional District, incumbent Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell vs. Republican Carlos Gimenez for Florida’s 26th Congressional District) reach the last two days.
For more, on this story, read here.
I don't know who needs to hear this but if you have a mail ballot, don't put it in the mail. Walk it in to a drop box. Or bring it with you to turn over to poll workers and vote in person.
— David Smiley (@NewsbySmiley) November 1, 2020
The importance of Miami-Dade to Trump’s re-election hopes
Trump won Florida despite being routed in Miami-Dade in 2016. But he’s hoping a smaller margin of defeat in 2020 makes up for possible losses of support elsewhere in the state, thus allowing him to win Florida again, which would be a major push toward re-election.
For a more detailed look at Trump and Miami-Dade, read the full story here.
Kamala Harris in South Florida as Dems plead for Black voters
Her presence making clear how pivotal support from South Florida’s Black community is to Joe Biden’s hopes of winning Florida, Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris appeared at a drive-in rally at FIU’s main campus and made stops in Broward and Palm Beach counties.
To read what Harris said as she tried to whip up a late wave of support, read the full story here.
The president’s path to another ‘upset’ victory
The polls say Trump is heading for an Election Day defeat. But the polls said the same thing in 2016, and his campaign sees how Tuesday could end with another result that runs counter to the polls.
To see the layout of that path, read here.
Who the Trump campaign considered ‘deadbeats’ in 2016
Categorizing and targeting voters with specific advertising helped Donald Trump pull off an Electoral College win for the Presidency in 2016. But who were the voters the Trump campaign didn’t consider worth its time or effort to win over or dissuade from voting?
The full story, a joint effort with the United Kingdom’s Channel 4 news, can be found here.
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