A dispatch from The Villages, Florida, where the election could be won or lost. America’s largest retirement village has historically been staunchly Republic, but could the Dems peel off enough votes to make a difference in this bellwether state? 1/ telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/10/1…
Trump is haemorrhaging senior voters, particularly after contracting Covid-19 - polls show him as much as 26 points behind Biden. That could be devastating for him in a swing state like Florida, where nearly 30pc of registered voters are over 60 2/ 
Chris Stanley, president of The Villages Democratic Club says in the last few months as many as 100 registered Republicans have come through her doors. “For some, the virus was the last straw, for some it was the incessant tweeting, for many it’s worries over Social Security” 3/
Ed McGinty sits outside his local golf club with a buggy festooned with Biden 2020 signs every afternoon. He says he still gets the odd expletives shouted at him but they are now far-outweighed by honks of support. "It's hard to be a Democratic in The Villages," he says 4/
Anyway, here is some number-crunching from the experts, showing why this part of Florida is so important. "If we see 62%-37% for Trump with more than 75k ballots counted, I'd personally consider that to be game over for the president"
https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/13149277296457031695/
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