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Today on Context Florida: Dying vote spirit, curbing gun violence and Northwest Florida goodwill

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Today on Context Florida: The run for the presidency is a bust for both parties and Marc Yacht says there’s something missing from American politics of late. Flag wavers wave as the candidates appear amid the usual rah-rah atmosphere ginned by political diehard groupies. But as Yacht sees it, the “vote spirit” that’s so much a part of the nation’s political process seems to be dying. Fewer care and it shows in low voter turnout. Catherine Durkin Robinson offers 11 concrete…

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Today on Context Florida: Liking candidates, therapy and community schools

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Today on Context Florida: Fifteen months before the presidential election, New Hampshire and Iowa is where the action is. That is true every four years, says Bob Sparks. Voters might agree with some, or many, of a candidate’s positions, but they want to vote for someone they like. In a close election, too many might stay at home if the nominee does not make them want to get out and vote. Catherine Durkin Robinson describes how she became a clichĂŠ, a…

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Today on Context Florida: Betting on Marco Rubio, the black experience and desperate leaders

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Today on Context Florida: Earlier this week, POLITICO ran “5 Reasons to bet $5 on Marco Rubio,” trying to make the case for a path to the presidency for Florida’s junior senator. But Peter Schorsch says that Jeb Bush, whose rumors of his demise have been exaggerated, dominates the field in a number of predictive categories. For fun, he might consider betting $5 on Rubio; but to pay the mortgage, Schorsch will be betting on Bush. Chris Timmons believes it is…

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Today on Context Florida: Polling for 2016, deadbeat dads and the 1995 tech revolution

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Today on Context Florida: For Bob Sparks, polling for the 2016 presidential campaign is a political scientist’s dream. It is not too bad for pundits, either. There is something in it for everyone. The Quinnipiac University poll released on Thursday is the latest example. Donald Trump still polls the highest in some areas and the lowest in others. The same is true for Hillary Clinton. It also shows that support is growing for a core group of GOP candidates at the…

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Today on Context Florida: Kim Davis, Vern Buchanan & Iran, hate mail & freak outs

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Today on Context Florida:           Bob Sparks talks about Kim Davis, the county clerk of Rowan County, Ky., who decided to flout the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling providing same-sex couples with the right to marry. Her refusal to follow that oath by denying marriage licenses led U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning to lock her up for contempt. Sparks is among the law-and-order conservatives who do not wish to see Davis in jail. It is solely within her power to…

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Today on Context Florida: Congressional dartboard, infant mortality and bleeding freely

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Today on Context Florida: Bob Sparks says the dartboard known as the draft Florida congressional district maps is receiving the kind of comments and attacks one might expect. Some are happy, but others fall into the range of sad and outraged. In the end, few new faces are likely to join the Congressional Club in 2017. The infant mortality rate — defined as the death of an infant in the first year of life per 1,000 births — is what Marc…

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Today on Context Florida: Wet and soggy Tampa, Jeb Bush & blacks and abortion

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Today on Context Florida: This summer has been wet and soggy, with rainstorms hitting Tampa nearly every day. It won’t stop. Catherine Durkin Robinson offers 10 things to do when it’s raining, besides kill each other. Usually, Republicans get a pat on the back for just being brave enough to speak at a black organization’s annual meeting or conference. Chris Timmons says we must give Jeb Bush the obligatory props for deigning to speak to an overwhelmingly black crowd at the…

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