However, neither Gillum or Nelson were able to improve with white, working-class voters enough to turn around trends in counties like Pasco, Volusia, Flagler, or Polk. Both counties have leaned more GOP and the idea that a democrat would win them while losing Florida overall seemed far-fetched before election night. The swing of Seminole and Duval to democrats was a major development. Look at a map comparing 2016 to 2018 by loyalty In addition, both won Duval and Seminole, counties who’s well-educated suburbs swung to Democrats reflecting nationwide trends. Gillum and Nelson both reclaimed Pinellas and St Lucie County – white working-class counties which had backed Obama in 2012 but Trump in 2016. There were some notable shifts in the map from 2016. Florida held true to its close-race nature. Democrat Nikki Fried won the Agriculture race by just 6,000 votes. DeSantis wound up winning by 30,000 votes and Scott by 10,000. Democrats did managed to gains several state house seats, a state senate seat, and the Commissioner of Agriculture cabinet post – but the sting of Gillum and Nelson’s losses still leave a bitter taste in the mouths of party members.īoth races were so close that they went into recount territory. Andrew Gillum lost the Governor race to Ron DeSantis and three-term Incumbent Senator Bill Nelson lost to outgoing Governor Rick Scott. However, in Florida, results were much bleaker for team blue. The party took control of the House of Representatives and pickup up 7 Governorships. The 2018 midterms were a good night for nationwide Democrats.
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