https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2018/02/13/in-third-bellwether-contest-florida-democrats-again-carry-the-day-and-hope-for-a-blue-wave-251975
In third bellwether contest, Florida Democrats again carry the day and hope for a blue wave
By MARC CAPUTO 02/13/2018 07:58 PM EST Updated 02/13/2018 08:33 PM EST
フロリダ州の（州議会の）下院議員補選で民主党のMargaret Good候補が勝利

For the third Florida bellwether election in a row, the Republican candidate
lost to the Democrat, giving activists and elites in both parties a sense that
the GOP’s political grip is slipping in the nation’s largest swing state
heading into President Donald Trump’s first midterm election.
国内最大のスイング州の（州議会の）補選で民主党候補が共和党候補に7.4%差で勝利、
中間選挙に向け民主党の意気が上がっている

Aside from her big 7.4 percentage-point win, what made Margaret Good’s victory
Tuesday night over Republican James Buchanan so significant was that it took
place in Florida’s 72nd House District. It had been held by a Republican in
Sarasota County, where registered Republicans outnumber Democrats by 12,000, or
about 10 percentage points. Buchanan, the son of local Congressman Vern Buchanan,
also had an advantage in name ID.
この選挙区は長年、共和党の強い地域で共和党登録者は民主党のそれを約10%上回っている

And Trump had carried the district by 4.6 percentage points in a state that he
won by just 1.2 points in November.
この選挙区は大統領選でトランプ候補が4.6%の差で勝利している。フロリダ州全体では
トランプ候補が1.2%の差で勝利している