Florida politics

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Florida politics refers to the distinctive and often nationally influential political landscape, power struggles, and policy debates within the state of Florida.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Florida politics canonical 2
Central Florida politics 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf politics of a U.S. state ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Florida ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dominantPartyInStateGovernment Republican Party ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
executiveHeadOfGovernment Governor of Florida ⓘ
governingDocument Constitution of Florida ⓘ
hasCapital Tallahassee ⓘ
hasChamberSeats 120 seats in the Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
40 seats in the Florida Senate ⓘ
hasCharacteristic frequent ballot initiatives and constitutional amendments ⓘ
frequent recounts and close margins in elections ⓘ
highly competitive statewide elections ⓘ
large and diverse electorate ⓘ
significant influence of Hispanic and Latino voters ⓘ
significant influence of retirees ⓘ
strong regional differences between North Florida, Central Florida, and South Florida ⓘ
strong role of county governments ⓘ
hasDemographicFactor large Cuban American community in South Florida ⓘ
large population of senior citizens ⓘ
rapid population growth and in-migration from other states ⓘ
hasNumberOfCongressionalDistricts 28 U.S. House districts ⓘ
hasPoliticalIdeologySpectrum conservative ⓘ
liberal ⓘ
moderate ⓘ
hasVoterRegistrationSystem party registration required ⓘ
historicalTrend shift from Democratic dominance to Republican dominance since late 20th century ⓘ
influences national presidential election outcomes ⓘ
isConsidered battleground state in presidential elections ⓘ
swing state in national elections ⓘ
judicialBody Florida Supreme Court ⓘ
legislativeBody Florida Legislature ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Florida ⓘ
lowerHouse Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
majorPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
Republican Party ⓘ
notableHistoricalEvent 2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida ⓘ
linked to: Bush v. Gore
notableIssue abortion policy ⓘ
climate change and sea-level rise ⓘ
education policy ⓘ
environmental protection ⓘ
gun control and gun rights ⓘ
hurricane preparedness and disaster response ⓘ
immigration policy ⓘ
property insurance regulation ⓘ
tourism and economic development ⓘ
voting rights and election administration ⓘ
primaryElectionType closed primary ⓘ
regulates local governments in 67 counties ⓘ
upperHouse Florida Senate ⓘ
votingSystemForStatewideOffices popular vote ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orlando Sentinel → subjectFocus → Central Florida politics ⓘ
linked to: Florida politics
Fascell → hasNotableAssociation → Florida politics ⓘ