Although an increasingly center-right state, Florida’s undocumented population may tip the scales back in favor of the Democratic Party.
While the Cuban-American community has historically leaned Republican, a result of its elders’ fervent anti-communist beliefs, new arrivals – including an influx of Puerto Ricans – could change the state’s rightward tilt.
Nearly 500,000 illegal aliens now live in and around Miami. A further 275,000 reside elsewhere.