Hi! I’m a Hong Kong transplant who has been attuned to US Politics since the 2004 Presidential election. While I’m an avid reader of this website, I regard it as a major resource for elective races at all levels, as I know this is a highly left-leaning space. Ideologically, I’m a left-leaning independent who’s not registered with any major political party, vote Democratic for federal races but willing to vote for the right Republicans at local, state legislative, governor and statewide cabinet races; as long as that candidate does not hold socially polarizing views, not extremely pro-rich/pro-business in economics and sufficiently committed to good government. In short words, I’m a good government voter.
Ocassionally, I can vote on a more conservative Republicans if his/her qualifications suits a particular post well (Disclaimer: I had vote for Republicans for County Commissioner, State Representative and Ag. Commissioner in Florida. In particular, I find Charlie Bronson really qualified and that Florida is one of the few Southern States where state Democrats ressembles fairly closely to national Democrats, in part of the Northeastern transplants in SE Florida and in part due to that state’s high degree of urbanization. As a result, most rural politicans with intimate knowledge on agricultural issues are now Republicans; since most Democrats who vote their party here are urban liberals). By the same token, I’m open to voting for Adam Putnam for Ag. Commissioner in this year’s race.
In term of CD’s, I used to live in FL-19 & part-time in FL-08; but had voted only in the former. I now resides in MS-02. Both districts are similarly uncompetitive, but for different reasons (FL-19 is heavily Jewish & MS-02 is majority-black). My state House and Senate districts in Florida (HD-85 & SD-27), however, are swing districts; maybe with some Democratic tilt. And my Palm Beach County Commission District has a Republican commissioner (Warren Newell) until very recently, when he switched to become a Dem, then indicted and imprisoned on public corrpution charges. And the former state representative in HD-85 (Shelly Vana), is his current successor after unseating his appointed replacement (Bob Kanjian); whom I had voted for. Meanwhile, my state Senator Dave Aaronberg is running for the state AG, leaving his seat open to a takeover bid by the GOP, as it also contains GOP-tilting Lee County (Fort Myers).
Thanks for reading!