FL is definitely getting redder. Massive number of conservative retirees moved down here the past year to escape lockdowns.
Also, alongside retirees are the Cubans of South Florida. They're a political force to be reckoned with down there, and even a lot of the younger ones are still eager to join the cult
The problem is Democrats think the Hispanic population is a shoe-in, they didn't even try in Florida.
That's because, like you said, there's a lot of Cubans in Miami who think Joe Biden is the reincarnation of Castro. I doubt he'll ever win them. (Which is a shame, because it's led him to be worse on Cuba than Obama was. I wanted a continuation of Obama's Cuba policies.)
MAGA rap is low quality, throwaway, made for tiktok shit. It would be completely unbearable if it didn't make Anthony Fantano and friends sperg out. The let's go brandon and Tom Macdonald stuff is lame and corny, but pays dividends in the 10 minute butthurt videos it produces on youtube. Then for a third layer on the cringe sandwich, you can read the comments in response to the original music videos about how people don't normally like that cRap music, but this young fella' seems to have a head on his shoulders.
I think you could deliberately produce crappy, unlistenable music and get people to buy it if it was pro-Trump.
Texas isn't going to turn blue, at least not in the sense that usually means. They may elect more Democrats at the federal level, but those Democrats will have to adopt more conservative positions than Democrats in traditionally blue states to peel off enough of the Hispanic voters who got here legally who are generally quite socially conservative and do not cotton to all this troon shit and other nonsense common among Democrats at the federal level.
Hispanics in Florida are quite often Cuban and utterly detest Communists and consider Democrats basically just an American form of Communist.
Your thinking is outdated. You make poppy, clippable shit for tiktok now that drives views to your youtube video, where you make $13 per 1000 views. The original video for the song linked above has 3.4 million views and earned the artist 100k subs, which is about $42000 cash in pocket as of today, plus long tail income for additional views and views on other videos from the new subscribers.
Glad to see the autists of the world still haven't shaken off their train obsession
Rap nowadays has turned commercial and horrible to listen to. This is no different.
Don't be retarded, all music is commercial. Any artist or band pushing the story that it's all about the art is grifting you even harder than those who are open about wanting to get paid. Everyone wants to get paid. It's weird when people buy hook, line, and sinker into the paper thin art over profit aesthetic of someone like Lana Del Rey when she turns 10 mil in sales on an album, and markets that aesthetic relentlessly.
I say commercial, I mean it all blurs together. No originality, no soul, no substance. I heard the rap song. I thought it was corny.
Yeah it is, but that's more to do with the song's market intent than it's substance. There's a certain type of song right now composed of easily clippable 20-40 second bits that basically exists for the purpose of being used in tiktoks, especially if there's an easibly mimable dance element or easily replicable type of videography to go along with it. A great example of this is Ariana Grande's Positions:
At least Jimmy’s personality redeems him.
Conservatives can't feel like men unless they're driving a three-ton pickup down to the post office ten feet from their home.
Anyone left of Ronald Reagan is the reincarnation of Castro to South Florida Cubans. They make Florida a challenge for any Democrat, although Puerto Ricans have been moving to Central Florida in large numbers since hurricane Maria and they generally vote blue. So while Cubans will vote red for generations, Central Florida is going to be able to hold it's own political sway in the coming years.
This may be TMI, but it's not that Democrats aren't good at Hispanic outreach down here, it's that Hispanics down here aren't some megalithic entity that all thinks the same. The idea of old school "Hispanic" communities (aka like African American ones in the North East) that really doesn't exist down here. We live everywhere (rural strongholds in South Texas to Urban areas). Many of us have been here for generations and even those who are recent immigrants (especially the ones who have money) are pretty conservative (little "c") when it comes to, say, abortion or policing. We have lots of Hispanic ranchers down here too. That demographic tends to be more conservative (like white Ranchers).
The funny thing is that African American communities tend to be very conservative in nature. They’re not down with homosexuality and drag queens. They tend to go to church regularly. The community tends to look out for each other and not rely on the government.