Steve Kornacki said on Tuesday, with over half of Miami-Dade precincts reporting in Florida, that there is a “pattern emerging” in the state showing Republicans far out-performing Donald Trump‘s past numbers. And anchor Rachel Maddow noted it’s “starting to look like a red state.”
“Look at that!” Kornacki said, with emphasis on the striking implications, using early votes which normally lean Democratic in a county that has leaned Democrat, in a state that has been a purple state for some time. MSNBC went on to call Florida for Ron DeSantis and Marco Rubio moments later.
“Again this is a county that was thirty points Democratic just in 2016,” he said.
Kornacki pointed out that Rep. Maria Salazar was at an early double-digit advantage, and Trump affiliated Anna Luna ahead in her race for the seat that was held previously by Charlie Crist.
“There is a pattern emerging where both Rubio and DeSantis are running better than Trump was in 2020 at this point,” said Kornacki.
“Interesting, we’re looking at Miami-Dade looking very much like the rest of Florida, and Florida starting to look like a red state,” said Maddow.
The swing is remarkable in the state’s most Democrat-friendly county. Six years ago Miami voted for Hillary Clinton with a +29 point margin. Much of that shift has been with Hispanic voters in the county, as
UPDATE: DeSantis won reelection as governor in a “rout” as the New York Times put it.
Watch the clip above, via MSNBC.