Billionaire Mike Bloomberg plans to spend at least $100 million to help Joe Biden win Florida in November's election, the
Washington Post reports.
Why it matters: Taking Florida would be close to a knockout blow by Biden, who could then win the election outright by retaining all the states that Hillary Clinton won in 2016 and defeating President Trump in one of the following swing states: Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina or Arizona.
The big picture: Cook Political Report on Thursday
shifted its prediction for Florida from "leans Democratic" to "toss up," after a number of polls showed the race tightening. Some Biden advisers have
expressed concern about his soft support among Hispanic voters, who make up more than 20% of the electorate in Florida.
Between the lines: Bloomberg's aim is to encourage enough early voting to "give lie to what we expect to be Trump’s election night messaging that Democrats are stealing the election, because unlike other battleground states, Florida counts its absentee ballots on or by Election Day,” said Bloomberg adviser Howard Wolfson.
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