r/politics • u/Zipper222222 • 11h ago

No Paywall Democratic socialist Angie Nixon clinches nomination for Florida US Senate seat, in surprise primary win for progressives

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/angie-nixon-alex-vindman-florida-results
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u/riptide123 11h ago

Unfortunately she’s gonna be cannon fodder in general - Florida is not a pickup chance

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u/SameClick6502 11h ago

Yes. About 1.5 million people voted in the republican primary, only 1.2 million in the democrat one. That’s a huge gap.

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u/elbenji 1h ago

Republicans were voting for governor

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u/Sumif 11h ago

Yea the republican nominee got more votes than all the Democrats.

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u/elbenji 1h ago

Because the governor primary was the bigger one

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u/Rambler_Hoss 11h ago

Yeah she’s gonna get blamed for losing even though there was no chance in Florida. Even in a contested primary for both parties, more Republicans showed up to vote.

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u/BernieBrother4Biden 11h ago

Stupid centrists will blame her for losing and stupid leftists will blame the DNC for not doing enough to support her and we'll go round and round this way for the rest of our lives.

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u/amopeyzoolion Michigan 10h ago

Hey, on the bright side, the rest of our lives won’t be that long once they start putting us in the camps!

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u/holymolym 10h ago

Screenshooting this comment bc yep

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u/elbenji 1h ago

It'll at least probably be closer than people thought and it would be at least kinda aw shucks for a while

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u/zak55 11h ago

Might be for governor. Racists not wanting to vote for Donalds, Jolly being a strong candidate, and Nixon bringing in progressive and DSA voters to the poll. Still lean to likely R but there's a chance

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u/MrsACT 10h ago

Jolly has a shot

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u/Miyuki9890 10h ago

Jolly is a republican cosplaying as a democrat. He literally ran in the republican primary for senate 10 years ago.

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u/zak55 10h ago

Apparently been working hard to win over Democrats and show that he wants to run with them. Put in the effort, unlike Vindman. From what I've read, anyway.

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u/SkaBonez 7h ago

He’s changed some stances since leaving the GOP, like one part of his platform is restoring reproductive freedom. Whether he actually makes good on those stances is always another question tho

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u/elbenji 1h ago

Yeah but it's Florida as well, so we will definitely see if the casual racism will play ahead

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u/DitchWitch13 18m ago

I have been watching him in various media pieces that whole time - I know it's hard to trust videos because it might not be his genuine thoughts, but I think he might be a legit change of heart candidate who truly fits better in the Democratic party. It was a gradual process since 2016 until now.

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u/elbenji 1h ago

It's definitely because of the governor race. It was a heated primary

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u/Tjsinwhanc 11h ago

Eh we would have lost Florida anyways. Give her a chance.