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Eileen Higgins’s win has reset the city’s political landscape in some ways not seen in 28 years, and in others not at all

Miami's new mayor, Eileen Higgins, hailed it as "a new day" for the city after the Democrat ended three decades of Republican rule on Tuesday night in a stunning election triumph.

In reality, the result is more of a seismic shifting of sands given the magnitude of her victory over the Donald Trump-backed Republican candidate, Emilio González, in the most populous city in Miami-Dade county, which the president won in 2024 by 12%.

Higgins won the run-off with almost 60% of the vote, according to preliminary results reported Wednesday by the Miami Herald. More than just further evidence of a growing national backlash against Trump's policies on the national stage, particularly immigration, her win has reset Miami's political landscape in a manner not seen in some ways in 28 years, and in others not at all.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 47 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not to sound negative, but they're going to cheat more. There was a guy that said he's being turned away to vote in Texas even though he's a US citizen.

https://sh.itjust.works/post/51354464

[–] starik@lemmy.zip 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

That’s pretty messed up, but according to the article they only sent that letter out to a couple thousand people, which is not many in a state that size. It’s going to be hard for them to mess with voting eligibility on a large scale. Even stuff like this (which could be illegal), where they make some people jump through extra hoops to be able to vote, could end up depressing more Republican votes than Democratic ones. The big political realignment of the past 10 years has be largely along education lines - those with 4-year degrees or more sorting to Democrats, and those with less education sorting to Republicans. This flips the old system (poor Dems/rich Republicans) on its head. Things like voter ID laws, which are intended to inconvenience and depress the vote of people who don’t have their shit together, aren’t going to disproportionately hurt Democrats the way they used to, and could in fact have the reverse effect.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Remember there's also the Republican ownership of voting machine companies, the Republican replacement of state officials who oversee elections, and the Republican demand that their DoJ "comprehensively" oversee elections in states (whereas in 2024 they argued the opposite, that the DoJ should have no access to monitor elections). They have a number of tricks up their sleeves.

[–] BoycottTwitter@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

We must vote for Democrats in large numbers, make it too big to rig. The more people who vote Democrat the harder it will be to rig the election.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They are losing in some places by the hundreds and we don't know what the real number is. They lie a lot. They are not afraid of cheating and have done so in the past.

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 days ago

FALSE! Lying is AGAINST the Bible so Republicans, aka Christian Nationalists, CANT Lie! OTHERWISE they would Need to be Put to DEATH!