MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Democrat Kamala Harris has a double-digit lead over Republican Donald Trump in Miami-Dade County, according to new presidential poll numbers released Friday by a Democratic strategy group.
The EDGE Communications/MDW Communications poll shows Harris 14 points ahead.
”I’m excited—and it’s also a testament to the work that’s happening in Miami-Dade County,” said Shevrin Jones, Miami-Dade Democratic Party chair, who said momentum is growing.
”Vice President Harris is speaking to the success that she and President Biden have achieved over the last four years,” Jones said. ”I think people are sick of the back and forth, they are sick of the MAGA extremism, and people are looking for candidates who want to get back to governing.”
Not so fast, says Alex Rizo, Miami-Dade Republican Party chair.
“I don’t think there is a double-digit lead in Dade County,” Rizo said. “When it comes to what South Floridians — what all of us in Miami-Dade are feeling and experiencing — and how the Biden-Harris administration has been culpable for a lot of this, I think you’re going to see things really start to even up.”
Miami-Dade County is Florida’s most populous, with more registered Democrats, but things have been shifting.
Trump lost to Hillary Clinton in 2016 by 30 points, but in 2020, he lost to Biden by only seven.
And in the 2022 governor’s race, Republican Ron DeSantis flipped it red.
Voters in Westchester don’t see that changing.
“It’s impossible,” one said.
”I think most people in Miami-Dade are unhappy and you can see the big support for Donald Trump,” voter Ernesto Martin said.
Voter Rosario Romano says the only real poll happens on Election Day.
”The polls reflect a lot of what’s happening at the moment,” Romano said. “There’s a lot of enthusiasm for her at the moment but we have to wait until the last moment.”