# Romney campaign: We lost Florida

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-campaign-we-lost-florida/640402>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 8, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-campaign-we-lost-florida/640402 "2012-11-08T20:53:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-campaign-we-lost-florida/640402/61 "2012-11-09T19:39:00Z")

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Those were all landslides. _No_ single state was determinative of those elections.

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**Author:** ![LinusK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@LinusK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LinusK)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-campaign-we-lost-florida/640402/62 "2012-11-09T19:40:38Z")

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> [@Airk](#):
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> Secret fact: This election was not, in fact, remotely close, in spite of all the talking heads telling us that it would be. 😉

Squeaker: \<1%  
Close: 1-3% \<---- This election.  
Solid: 3-5%  
Blowout: 5-7%  
Landslide: 7%+

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-campaign-we-lost-florida/640402/63 "2012-11-09T19:42:59Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> The fact those trends are playing out in Florida is what determines the outcome of the election.

Yes, exactly that. The trends that are playing out nationally are playing out in Florida. If national trends lean Democratic, then Florida - a swing state - leans Democratic.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-campaign-we-lost-florida/640402/64 "2012-11-09T19:44:11Z")

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Then what is OMG trying to say?

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-campaign-we-lost-florida/640402/65 "2012-11-09T22:40:51Z")

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I think he’s trying to say what I just said. The trends playing out across the country played out in Florida. You can look at Florida and see a microcosm of how the nation as a whole voted. Not that either set is forcing the vote of the other set. Simply that they reflect the same patterns from the same sources.

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-campaign-we-lost-florida/640402/66 "2012-11-09T23:24:25Z")

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The results in Florida may reflect a rough reflection of national trends, but that doesn’t mean that those results spring from precisely the same issues and concerns. For instance, in Minnesota, Cubans do not represent any important demographic, and their traditional loathing for anything that reminds them, however remotely, of Castro is not a factor.

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