With just days until the polls close and more than a third of Florida ballots already cast, the quest to tap into the elusive and shrinking pool of “undecided” voters becomes more difficult by the hour.
Florida LGBTQ Democrats and their allies met at Wilton Manors’ Get Out The Vote Center to lay out their plans to turn out the tough votes.
When pressed for specifics, their answers were light.
State Rep. Daryl Campbell, whose district includes Wilton Manors, says yes, there are still voters out there that need to be reached.
“Everybody in this neighborhood,” he said. “Everybody in this community that has registered to vote and done their due diligence.”
“They’ve had the opportunity to see what both parties bring to the table,” he continued. “Now is the time for us to step out and utilize that power and go out to make a decision. This is where we’re at.”
The group stressed the importance of voting early and then encouraging and physically bringing their friends to the polls.
But when pressed on where and how to find those undecided voters, no one shared an answer.
Expectations for Florida are tempered. Flipping five seats in the state House and three in the state Senate would take Democrats out of the super minority and give them a voice in Tallahassee.
Democrats won’t make Florida “purple” this year, but hope they can make it a lighter shade of red. The party has only won one statewide election since 2012.
Early voting is 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Sunday. Mail-in ballots must be received by election officials by 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Just being postmarked by then is not enough.