There are many reasons Democrats sometimes feel disaffected living in the Sunshine State (and not just after every election — that is, when they actually field a candidate).
The latest Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday morning brings us a couple of other reasons why alienation occasionally surfaces among progressives.
Democrats (and some Republicans) around the state, as well as voting rights groups and the federal government, are outraged at Governor Rick Scott's attempt to purge the voting rolls of non-citizens.
Let's be clear here. If that's the way the question is phrased, 100 percent of respondents would agree that they want to rid the rolls of such deadbeats. But of course it's the way the purge was being implemented (with bad names) which has led to such opposition. Today's Q poll shows 60 percent supporting Scott's attempts.
There's almost an equal amount of support for another controversial Florida issue — the Stand Your Ground Law.
This article appears in Jun 14-20, 2012.