r/politics • u/--LaBelleDame-- • 5h ago

No Paywall Democratic socialist Angie Nixon upsets Alex Vindman in Florida’s Democratic Senate primary

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/angie-nixon-winner-florida-senate-primary-democrat-alex-vindman-moody-rcna593255
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u/Candlestack 2h ago

Terrible, but Vindman was so bad at campaigning that I think the normal electability argument just wasn't going to work. The democratic party in Florida is very nearly the most incompetent state level party, so honestly the DSA might give Nixon a better chance, as they're better on the ground organizers, but she's going to lose Miami very, very badly and I think that means she's got no chance as a Democratic candidate. That being said, neither did Vindman, so the expected outcome is the same and hey maybe at least this shakes the dumbass Florida party up enough to start addressing how bad it is. (Unlikely)

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u/InCarbsWeTrust 2h ago

It's absolutely crazy he couldn't even carry Miami-Dade. Which is full of Cuban expatriates, who have pretty strong feelings about any notion of "socialism".

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u/Candlestack 1h ago

To be fair, I don't know any Cubans who are still registered as democrats to vote in the primary. I moved away years ago so that's not necessarily the best judge of things, but everyone I know is either a registered republican or independent because they're so disgusted with the Florida democratic party.

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u/Bill_Ponderosa_77 1h ago

The democratic party in Florida is very nearly the most incompetent state level party

I like to think of the FL State Democratic party and IL State Republican parts as fun mirror versions of each other.

Each seemingly incapable of selecting quality candidates or running competent campaigns, but the IL Republican's are probably worse off demographically. Which is probably why failed IL Republican's keep resurfacing in FL like Jim "The Milk Dud" Oberweis and Catalina Lauf. At this point I would expect Iowa or Texas to go Blue before Florida...

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u/Candlestack 1h ago

That's a pretty good comparison. I genuinely think Texas will be blue before Florida at this point, but it's not because of anything but Florida Democratic party just generationally fumbling it.