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President Joe Biden.
  • The Biden reelection campaign sees Florida as a potential state on their expansion map, per WaPo.
  • But donors remain skeptical of Florida being a part of Biden's reelection calculus, per the paper.
  • According to WaPo, there were "deep eye-rolls" among donors when Florida was brought up during a presentation.

For deep-pocketed Democratic donors, it used to be all about Florida.

Florida, Florida, Florida.

But that conventional wisdom has shifted dramatically in recent years.

As the onetime swing state has taken on an increasingly red tilt — backing Donald Trump for president in both 2016 and 2020, fueling the political ascent of Gov. Ron DeSantis, and electing Republicans up-and-down the ballot in 2022 — donors want to see the party consistently compete in more favorable states like Arizona and North Carolina.