Michael Steele: Andrew Gillum Could Help Bill Nelson Win by Creating ‘Coattails’ for Dems

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STEELE: "Gillum could have the effect of pulling out a lot more of that Democratic vote. In fact, if you peel back a little of the numbers, and Steve has done a phenomenal job in doing that over the last 18 hours or so, you’ll see that the young vote turned out, that there was a youth vote, if you will, that really coalesced around Gillum. With that, along with other energies that are currently on the ground there in Florida, the anti-Trump feel and all of that, it could be a nice setup where you could have Gillum actually pulling and creating coattails for the Democrats up and down the line. But here’s the other side of that conversation, I think, you need to take into account as well. We don’t know yet fully what the full measure of the Trump vote is in Florida two years later. And so I think that’s going to be something very interesting to watch, too. You’ll also have the overlay of race playing out in Florida along with sort of the philosophical differences, if you will. So there are a lot of dynamics on the ground here that are going to be taking shape and forming this race between DeSantis and Gillum which could have a ripple effect on a bunch of other races as well."