Answer:
Presidential elections in Florida are heavily contested because:
-Each party has a good chance of victory.
-Florida has a large number of electoral votes.
Explanation:
Florida has historically been the most important "swing state" of the United States in the presidential elections. This state, with more than 20 million inhabitants, is, along with New York, the third state with the largest number of voters, with 29, just behind California and Texas.
But unlike the other large states, which generally have a definite political trend (California and New York tend to have liberal voters, while Texas is a much more conservative territory), in Florida there is no trend regarding the political ideas of their population. Thus, the vast majority of Latinos vote for Democrats, but Cubans fervently defend Republicans, while African-Americans and university students tend to be liberals, and whites and residents of small communities tend to be more conservative. As Florida has a very diverse population (going from Latinos in Miami-Dade, to African-American neighborhoods in Jacksonville and the white towns of Naples, for example), their election results cannot easily be predicted, but depend on the economic and social context of the country at the time of voting.
This situation, added to the large number of electors that the state contributes, makes politicians seek to win Florida, as it is a state that has many ups and downs in its political tendencies, so it is not a guaranteed vote for any of the two parties.
