Joy Reid says Democrats' chances of flipping seats in the November 3 midterms are improving, citing President Donald Trump's low approval over the Iran war, high gas, oil and food prices, a struggling economy and immigration. She argues Angie Nixon, challenging incumbent Ashley Moody in Florida's Senate race, could pull off an upset as she did in the Democratic primary, despite being outspent 16-1; Nixon raised US$975,000 versus US$16.3 million for Alex Vindman. Reid accuses Moody, then Florida's attorney general, of helping steer US$10 million from a Medicaid settlement into Hope for Florida, which funded political campaigns in 2024. Some Democrats worry Nixon's socialist label could hurt Hispanic voters, but Reid compares her to Barack Obama's rise in the Senate and says deportation policies are alienating Hispanics who backed Trump in 2024.
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