Florida was more of a Republican state until the late 90's. Actually even Clinton didn't win it until 1996 when he won in a landslide. There really has never been a close election in the past 60 years where Florida voted for the Democrats. It votes Republican unless there is a Democrat landslide.
James Carter Walter Mondale Democrat 1,636,000 51.93% 17
Gerald Ford Robert Dole Republican 1,469,531 46.64% 0
Yes no kidding. What's your point? That was part of Carter's southern base and the southern democrats were still around then. If you look at Florida's numbers in each election from 1952 on, you'll see that the only times the democrats have won is when they've won a landslide nationally. Even Goldwater was close to 50% there.
