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>>JENNIFER READY: COVERING ELECTION 2020 IF YOU LIVE IN FLORIDA AND YOU WANT TO VOTE IN
THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES OR
CHANGE PARTIES. YOU HAVE UNTIL
TUESDAY TO REGISTER. FLORIDA’S
PRIMARY IS
FEBRUARY 17TH. AND AS YOU
REGISTER TO VOTE TOP DEMOCRATS
VYING FOR THEIR PARTY’S
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION ARE
ALREADY LOOKING AHEAD TO SUPER
TUESDAY. IT FALLS ON MARCH
3RD THIS YEAR. AFTER THE
PRIMARIES IN IOWA AND NEW
HAMPSHIRE, SENATOR BERNIE
SANDERS AND PETE BUTTIGIEG ARE
TAKING STRONG LEADS.
BUT A NEW POLL SHOWS MICHAEL
BLOOMBERG IS SURGING
IN POPULARITY. ECONOMIST BOUNTY
IS 4TH AMONG REGISTERED
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS, SENATOR
BERNIE SANDERS IS LEADING WITH
22% OF THE LIKELY VOTE. FORMER
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS IN
SECOND WITH 18%
AND SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN
POLLED AT 15% AND BLOOMBERG AT
12. THEY’RE ALL HOPING FLORIDA
WILL GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO SHOW
THEIR NATIONAL APPEAL JOINING
ME NOW WITH MORE ON THE
UPCOMING
PRIMARIES ARE HOW THEY’RE
LOOKING IS THE DEAN OF ARTS AND
SCIENCES AT JACKSONVILLE
UNIVERSITY DOCTOR MATTHEW
CORRIGAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE THIS MORNING,
GOOD MORNING. WE’VE ALREADY
SEEN THE IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE
PRIMARIES KIND OF COME THROUGH
IS THAT AN INDICATOR OF HOW
THIS ELECTION SEASON IS GOING
TO GO.
>> NOT NECESSARILY I YOU KNOW
HAD YOU KNOW ALL THE PROBLEMS
WITH
THE RESULTS AND WHAT I WE
USUALLY DO DOES IS ELIMINATES
PEOPLE THAT REALLY WANT A LOT
OF PEOPLE LIKE FOR EXAMPLE AND
AMY KLOBUCHAR ARE DIDN’T DO
PARTICULARLY WELL. NO ONE
NOTICED AND SHE TO RECOVERED IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE, SO SHE’S
STILL ALIVE, WE’VE GOT A LOT OF
VIABLE CANDIDATES OUT THERE AND
SO SUPER TUESDAY IS PROBABLY
WARNING GOING TO SEE A LOT
OF PEOPLE DROP OUT BUT BUT WE
COULD HAVE A LONG PRIMARY RACE
ON OUR HANDS.
>>JENNIFER READY: AND THE
NEVADA CAUCUSES ARE COMING UP
ONE WEEK
FROM TODAY, HOW IMPORTANT ARE
THE STATES FOR THESE CANDIDATES
AT THIS POINT IN TIME I THINK
ANY MOMENTUM IS NEVADA’S ON A
SATURDAY IT DOESN’T GET QUITE
AS MUCH PUBLICITY AS
SOUTH CAROLINA. SO I THAT’S
IMPORTANT I DON’T THINK IT’S A
LIFE OR DEATH FOR A PARTICULAR
CANDIDATE. I THINK SOUTH
CAROLINA
IS PROBABLY A REAL TEST FOR JOE
BIDEN IF HE DOESN’T DO REALLY
WELL, I DON’T SEE HOW HE GOES
FORWARD.
CANDIDATES LIKE ELIZABETH
WARREN HAVEN’T DONE
PARTICULARLY WELL, I MEAN SHE
NEEDS TO
START SHOWING. AND OF COURSE
YOU’VE GOT MICHAEL BLOOMBERG
OUT THERE WHO HASN’T EVEN
ENTERED ANY OF THESE RACES IS
WAITING FOR SUPER TUESDAY
AND POURING REALLY AN
UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF MONEY
INTO
THIS EFFORT. WITH THAT BEING
SAID IS IT TOO EARLY TO
DETERMINE A
FRONT RUNNER.
>> IT REALLY IS I MEAN I THINK
THE SANDERS CAMPAIGN HAS
OBVIOUSLY DONE
WELL, BUT HE DIDN’T NECESSARILY
DRAW A LOT OF YOUNG VOTERS
WHICH WAS REALLY HIS CALLING
CARD SO HE’S DONE WELL, BUT HE
HASN’T WON A
ONE OUT AND THEN YOU HAVE
PEOPLE TO JACK IS DONE YOU KNOW
SURPRISINGLY WELL AND AND I
THINK HE’S GOT A GOOD CAMPAIGN
ORGANIZATION THAT HE’S BUILT
FOR THE
LONG HAUL YOU’VE GOT BLOOMBERG
YOU’VE GOT ANOTHER BILLIONAIRE
TOM STIER WHO SPENT IN ALL
SORTS OF MONEY IN SOUTH
CAROLINA. SO IT REALLY IS A A
A JUMBLE.
>>JENNIFER READY: AND KIND OF
LOOKING AHEAD WHAT ROLE DO YOU
THINK FLORIDA IS GOING TO PLAY
WHEN IT’S OUR PRIMARY, YEAH,
YOU KNOW SOMETIMES THE FLORIDA
PRIMARY COMES TOO LATE. I THINK
THIS TIME IT’S GOING TO BE
REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU
HAVE ALL
THESE CANDIDATES.
>> I KNOW OUR STUDENTS
OBJECTION UNIVERSITY ARE
STARTING TO YOU KNOW FIND AN
INTEREST IN THE CAMPAIGN AND
LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT
CANDIDATES AND AND AT THE END
OF THIS
I THINK FLORIDA NOT ONLY WILL
PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE
PRIMARY, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE
GENERAL ELECTION AS WELL.
>>JENNIFER READY: WHAT OTHER
STATES ARE YOU KEEPING AN EYE
AND THAT YOU THINK WILL PLAY A
ROLE AND ARE IMPORTANT FOR
THESE CANDIDATES
GOING FORWARD.
>> YEAH, I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK
AT YOUR SUPER TUESDAY. YOU’VE
GOT EVERYTHING FROM CALIFORNIA
TO TEXAS TO GEORGIA TO
MASSACHUSETTS TO MINNESOTA.
WHOEVER CAN COME OUT OF SUPER
TUESDAY WITH SOME TYPE OF LEAD
IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE
FRONT RUNNER. THE PROBLEM IS
FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY,
IT’S PROPORTIONAL SYSTEM SO
IT’S NOT WINNER TAKE ALL SO YOU
DON’T GET ALL THE DELEGATES IF
YOU WANT TO STATE AND MOST
STATES. SO THIS COULD GO ON FOR
A WHILE WHICH ISN’T A BAD THING
NECESSARILY KEEPS PEOPLE’S
INTEREST UP. BUT A PEOPLE IF
DEMOCRATS ARE JUST CONTINUALLY
ATTACKING EACH OTHER COULD BE
PROBLEMATIC FOR THE GENERAL
ELECTION AND HOW MUCH SHOULD
VOTERS BE PAYING ATTENTION TO
THESE PRIMARIES AND
THE RESULTS.
>> OH WELL HOPEFULLY THAT WILL
PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION BECAUSE
AGAIN
I THINK THERE’S A LOT OF
TENSION ABOUT POLITICS RIGHT
NOW, AND I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO
UNDERSTAND AND LEARN ABOUT
THE CANDIDATES AND BE CIVIL TO
EACH OTHER WE’LL HAVE LOTS OF
DIFFERENCES OF OPINION IN THE
SELECTION I THINK
UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER PLACES
NEED TO KIND OF STEP FORWARD
AND SAY THIS IMPORTANT ELECTION
LET’S DO
IT CIVIL.
>>JENNIFER READY: GREAT WELL,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
INSIGHT AND FOR BEING HERE
THIS MORNING. FLORIDIANS CAN
REGISTER ONLINE OR IN PERSON
JUST GO TO YOUR COUNTY
SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS WEBSITE
FOR THOSE LOCATIONS
WHEN THOSE ELECTIONS HAPPEN YOU