Democrats Flip Florida Seat Representing Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

Even in Florida the GOP is losing seat.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/democrats-flip-florida-district-representing-005337143.html

(Bloomberg) -- A Democrat is poised to represent President Donald Trump and his Mar-a-Lago residence in the Florida state House of Representatives after Republicans lost a special election in a surprise upset.

The loss is also personal for Trump, who backed Maples on Monday posting on social media that he gave the Republican candidate “MY COMPLETE AND TOTAL ENDORSEMENT!”

The defeat may also complicate GOP plans to redraw US House maps in Florida in a way that could net Republicans more seats. That’s because spreading Republican voters out more thinly across more districts may reduce their average partisan lean — making them easier for Democrats to pick up if they have a particularly good year. Political scientists call that rare scenario a “dummymander” — because it’s when an attempt to gerrymander seats bites the drawers of the map harder than their opposition.