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Why Bill Nelson is going to beat Rick Scott

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Why Bill Nelson is going to beat Rick Scott

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Bill Nelson is going to win the Florida Senate Race against Rick Scott. Nelson has Florida’s support on main issues. On the issue of gun control Nelson supports stricter regulations unlike Scott who thinks most kinds of guns are fine to buy. Florida voters support stricter gun regulations 62%-33%. Nelson also has the upper hand in health care; he supports Obamacare and Medicaid expansion whereas Scott opposes Obamacare and Medicaid expansion. Florida is the number one state for use of Obamacare and the majority of Floridians support Medicaid expansion. Although Scott has a majority of support in immigration, Nelson seems to be in control of two of the top three issues, with a 1.4% lead in the polls.

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Bill Nelson (Born September 29, 1942 in Miami, FL) is the Democratic candidate  for the 2018 Florida Senate election.

He is the current incumbent and has served for 3 terms and is running against Rick Scott, the Republican challenger.

Before his run for the Florida senate in 2000, he fought in the U.S army, went into space on the NASA Columbia in 1986, and was in the U.S House of Representatives for 12 years.

His stances correlate with his party because he and the Democratic party argue for equal access to healthcare, forcing rules on big corporations, protecting the environment, and creating jobs for more people. He would be considered mid-left on the flat-line spectrum for his views. On the compass he would be a libertarian liberal.

Outside spending - Super PACs: Senate Majority PAC ($21,809,210), For Our Future ($2,105,673), and Win Justice PAC ($1,266,244)

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Rick Scott (Born December 1, 1952 in Bloomington, IL) is currently running for the Florida senate election as a Republican

He is the challenger of current incumbent Bill Nelson, and is the 45th Governor of Florida

Before his run for senate, Rick Scott was the 45th governor of Florida for two terms, and was an executive of the Columbia Hospital Corporation of American

His company lead to his biggest scandal where the company had to pay 1.7 billion dollars after a federal investigation found his company guilty of fraud. He later resigned from the company in 1997 and moved to Naples, Florida

His stances on issues connects to the Republican party because he argues for lower corporate taxes, limited government spending, the repeal of Obamacare, and for lowering taxes. With these views he would be considered close-right because he does have other liberal views like supporting Gun Control. On the compass he would be referred as a libertarian conservative.

Outside spending - Super PACs: New Republican PAC ($29,512,306), Americans for Prosperity Action ($1,235,370), and 501c US Chamber of Commerce ($750,000)

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The current population is 21,312,211

The average person is 41.6 years old

75.9% of the population is white, while 16.1% is African American, 2.6% is Asian, and 5.4% is mixed

51.13% of the population is female, while 48.87% is male

The average income is $31,740

70% of the population is Christian, 24% is agnostic/atheist, and 6% is some other type of faith

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Florida asks for some sort of Identification with your signature to confirm your identity, but it is not strictly enforced

Voter registration ends 29 days before the general or primary election, this year in 2018, it is October 9th. You can register electronically, send it in the mail, or in-person

You may vote by mail if you are absent from the election by being overseas or in a different country. Deadlines are 45 days before the election, this year it would be the 22nd of September

If you are in the country but will be absent, you may send your vote 28-35 days before the election, this year it would be October 2-9

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Bill Nelson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TFz7WQJdhM
This advertisement isn't really that interesting. All it talks about is just about how he feels he is right for the job

Rick Scott: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfhc3OKEu8A This advertisement feels more empowering than Bill Nelson, as it relates to the people and their struggles as Rick Scott once went through himself and how he used that to motivate him to run for public office

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The 2018 Florida Senate race is between Bill Nelson (Democratic Party), and Rick Scott (Republican Party) Currently, Bill Nelson is in the lead in the polls, most of the time by 2 points or more

Although Nelson is the incumbent and has been in the senate for the past 18 years Scott, the previous governor, has a major advantage in campaign, by spending more money than 3 times as Nelson has with raising around $68,000,000 compared to Nelson's $28,000,000

Examples of Interest groups and outside spending for Bill Nelson include America Votes Action Fund, Black Economic Alliance, For Our Future, and Priorities USA Action

Examples of interest groups and outside spending for Rick Scott include Our American Century, Liberty4Florida, Conservative Trust for America, and Americans for prosperity

Democrats are on the defense in a state that Trump won in the 2016 presidential election. Some of the topics debated on are hurricane relief and environmental issues along with job creation as well. These issues are shared and can be considered valence since they both have considerably close stances on the matters except environmental issues.

Even though Trump's presence and the difference of campaign spending in the election, Bill Nelson is ahead of Scott by more than +2 points in each poll, and only drops to a tie in one between them.

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In 2016, the last election was the senate race, Marco Rubio (R) against Patrick Murphy (D)

Over 9.2 million people voted

Marco Rubio (R) won with 4,835,191 (52%) of the votes while Patrick Murphy (D) got 4,122,088 (44.3%) of the votes

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