Florida May Be Too Red for Most Democrats. But the Salazar Race Offers an Opening.

Left: Eliott Rodriguez. Photo courtesy the Rodriguez campaign. Right: Maria Elvira Salazar. Photo courtesy the Salazar campaign

It feels like everybody in Miami, from every walk of life, talks about rising prices. Ask South Floridians about issues motivating them in advance of Nov. 3, and two things stand well above the rest: all aspects of the cost of living, and immigration enforcement.

“The main item in every survey is affordability,” said Eduardo Gamarra, a political science professor at Florida International University, who studies the Latino electorate.