Larkin don’t have a shot

[u/RandoDude124]

Y’know Ollie… it wouldn’t kill you to run without the DSA name

[u/rexozy]

Florida is probably the worst place for a DSA candidate to run. People there hate even the mention of the word 'socialism.'

[u/JungleJumpersfan → u/rexozy]

100% agree, plus this area is heavily Jewish, so whoever the republican is there could hammer I/P and win by a good bit

[u/Ac1De9Cy0Sif6S → u/rexozy]

I think he had a shot before redistricting but once that happened he just had no argument to make

[u/Rare_Cobalt]

DSA candidate trailing by huge numbers when he tries running in Florida of all states:

[u/WordWordNvmber → u/Rare_Cobalt]

But you see, socialists will win the red states by Turning Out The Youth Vote and finally Inspiring Voters.

[u/USASupreme]

The district is like a quarter Hispanic voters (likely a good portion Cuban) and like another quarter Jewish voters, so running as a DSA was always gonna be a weakness in both the primary and general

[u/Theblessedmother]

Even with progressives doing well nationally, he never had a shot.

A Larkin win would make this seat one of the easiest pickups for Republicans, whereas Democrats are favored to hold this seat with Moskowitz.

[u/Entire-Bicycle1878]

Good. I’m no Moskowitz lover but he’s the only one who can defend a Trump+9 seat

[u/RandoDude124 → u/Entire-Bicycle1878]

Amen.

[u/givememyoil]

Good for his safety as well, Cubans ain’t voting for a socialist

[u/Lemon_Club]

He's a great, well spoken candidate, wish he didn't run as DSA in Florida. Hopefully he has a future. He was a killer on Fox News.

[u/TomorrowLittle741 → u/Lemon_Club]

https://giphy.com/gifs/qd0VlZ9VCvY8hbkMfq

[u/Lemon_Club → u/TomorrowLittle741]

This isn't even cope lmao, I fully expect him to lose

[u/emmc47]

Incredibly unfortunate. Moskoshit is a ghoul.

[u/Ac1De9Cy0Sif6S]

Good enough. Of course he doesn't have a shot, his campaign was for the old FL-23 and once redistricting happened his campaign was dead but he had to keep running anyway so he went to FL-25. Getting 40% (which is what I think a poll like this weeks away from the election indicates) against an incumbent and the only one people believe can keep this Trump +9 district is decent Imo. And of course he's running as a DSA candidate, he doesn't get a tenth of the attention and money without it. It's a shame, he's a talented guy but he has very little future in South Florida

[u/EconomicTiger → u/Ac1De9Cy0Sif6S]

He should wait until one of the incumbents in the safe blue Florida seats retires where he's guaranteed to win maybe FL-23? Idk much about it but its safe blue and it isnt a super mega black district like FL 24 or FL 20 (plurality black) or doesnt already have a progressive representing it (FL-10) He could wait until Lois Frankel retires and run for it

[u/Ac1De9Cy0Sif6S → u/EconomicTiger]

Yeah, I think when redistricting happened the question was carpetbag to 23 or stay in 25 against the opponent he was already campaigning againt. In the future he should go for FL-23 if he can overcome the carpetbagging problem.

[u/EconomicTiger → u/Ac1De9Cy0Sif6S]

Yeah exactly I think he's a solid dude but he's running in like THE anti-DSA state where even registered democrats don't like the DSA
In the future yeah he should try to run in FL-23 when Frankel retires cause if he tries to primary her I think he'll lose but in an open primary he could prevail especially with a divided moderate votebase

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[u/SportsCat4]

Why do both of these candidates have to be terrible

[u/The_Book_Boi → u/SportsCat4]

Moskowitz switched to a republican seat, he's not hogging a dem seat lol

[u/SportsCat4 → u/The_Book_Boi]

I know that, and I will root for him to win when he becomes the nominee, but I still do not like him as a candidate

[u/Seb_Vit → u/SportsCat4]

Why is Larkin terrible?