Florida state Rep. Susan Valdés announced Monday she is defecting to the Republican Party — immediately after being re-elected as a Democrat.Valdés, a Cuban-American lawmaker who was raised by immigrants in New York, represents a Tampa area district."I have spent my adult life fighting to give a voi...

Florida state Rep. Susan Valdés announced Monday she is defecting to the Republican Party — immediately after being re-elected as a Democrat.

  • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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    2 days ago

    I mean it doesn’t matter what your party thinks if people simply won’t vote for you.

    The question refines to: Why wouldn’t a political party just always tap into the pool of fodder to use for this particular strategy?

    Probably because the number of politicians in the US, especially those in high enough office to matter for stuff like this, isn’t high enough for the law of large numbers to apply.