President Donald J. Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and son Barron Trump disembark Marine One at Joint Base Andrews, Md. Friday, March 8, 2019, and are escorted to Air Force One by Col. Rebecca J. Sonkiss, commander of the 89th Airlift Wing, and U.S. Air Force personnel. (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)
After President Trump’s historic victory in 2016, with narrow margins in many states, Democrats are hoping to beat him in 2020 by registering and turning out new voters. In Florida, failed gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum is calling for increased voter registration to help Democrats win. Politico’s Marc Caputo and Gary Fineout report:
“We’re looking at a target of 1 million,” he said. “We’ve got over 3 million people eligible to vote, and that’s to say nothing of the 1.4 million returning citizens” — former felons in line to have their voting rights restored under a constitutional amendment approved by voters last year.
Gillum’s staff wouldn’t give specifics about the targeted number of new voters he hoped to register or the number of voters they hope to reengage after they decided not to vote in the past two general elections.
At the same time, the Florida Democratic Party said it will spend $2 million in the next year to register 200,000 voters ahead of the 2020 presidential primary.
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