But now Trump is too toxic even for Sarasota, say Democrats, who made sure to
figuratively hang the unpopular president around the neck of Buchanan as well
as the Republicans who lost in the two other recent bellwether contests:
Florida’s 40th Senate District in Miami-Dade and St. Petersburg’s mayoral
race. Both of those elections had Democratic-leaning electorates with
significant minority populations, unlike the 72nd in Sarasota.
民主党のフロリダ州の選挙勝利は3回目で、Miami-Dadeの第40上院選挙区での勝利と
St. Petersburgの市長選挙に続くもの

In all of the races, Democrats made sure to use Vice President Joe Biden as
a surrogate.
“This is beyond a trend. The results are in. Republicans have a real problem
in this state,” said Tom Eldon, a Democratic pollster who surveyed the race.
“This is the bellwether seat,” Eldon said. “This seat in Sarasota is the
Republicans’ backyard. Anytime Democrats win a seat like this it’s great
for Democrats. It happened in 1992. It happened in 2006. And it happened in
this seat. This is a bellwether for bad Republican years.”（ry