Florida poised to stamp out Sanders campaign [View all]

Now that Michigan broke Bernie Sanders' heart Tuesday, Florida looks ready to crush his campaign next week.

No state accentuates Sanders’ weaknesses and Biden’s strengths quite like Florida, which votes Tuesday with a payload of 219 delegates, more than any other state left on the primary calendar besides New York.

More than a quarter of the Democratic primary electorate is traditionally African American, Biden’s base. Two-thirds are typically 50 or older, also Biden’s stronghold. And about 60 percent in the polls consider themselves moderates or even conservatives — ditto, advantage Biden.

But it gets worse for Sanders. Hispanic voters have been a bright spot for the Vermont senator in several states that have already voted. But the opposite is true in Florida.

A poll released Wednesday showed Florida Hispanics, by a 34-point margin, look unfavorably upon a candidate who describes himself as a “socialist.” Sanders exacerbated his problem during a “60 Minutes” interview last month, when he declined to roundly condemn Fidel Castro’s Cuban revolution, instead giving the dictator credit for literacy and health care gains.



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