Joe Biden and the Democrats supported a substantial increase in the minimum wage at a national level; Donald Trump opposed it. Trump won Florida. A state constitutional amendment increasing the minimum wage passed, with over 60 percent of the vote. How can this be?
Identity politics and culture wars, of course. The Florida electorate prefers the Democrats’ position on virtually all issues relating to taxation, spending, and the economy, but won’t vote for Democrats, because they are they are supposedly the party of socialism and political correctness. That prevails over mere economic concerns under all but extreme circumstances.
So how do the Democrats deal with this? By confronting the culture war issue directly, instead of ignoring it, as they have in the past, including this year.