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Souls To The Polls 2024: Low Energy, Low Turnout

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Low energy and low turnout plagued the biennial Broward Democrats’ Souls To The Polls rally Sunday afternoon in Fort Lauderdale. The short march from a local church to the early voting location at the African-American Research Library is meant to energize local Democrats before election day. The 2024 edition reflected the general malaise of Democrats nationwide.

Previous Souls To The Polls rallies featured large groups of activists, local politicians and music. Today, the only music came from a speaker set up by Fort Lauderdale mayoral candidate Jim Lewis.

And there were very few actual voters present.

Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz made a brief statement in front of a small group of candidates and campaign workers. Wasserman-Schultz urged the candidates to vote for Democrats in the school board races.

Other speakers included Broward Clerk Of Courts Brenda Forman, County Commissioner Robert McKinzie, and School Board Members Debbi Hixon, Jeff Holness and Sarah Leonardi.

Controversial Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony had the nerve to tell the crowd to “keep their elected officials accountable every year.”

Charlie Crist Draws Small Crowd At Broward Dem “Souls To The Polls” Rally In Fort Lauderdale

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It was a very “late arriving” crowd for Charlie Crist at the Broward Democrats “Souls To The Polls” event in Fort Lauderdale. Instead of joining Democrat officials for the traditional march down Sistrunk Boulevard to the African American Research Library, Crist joined a stage full of NAACP officials who gathered before the march. Surprisingly, Crist spoke without a fan.

The parking lot contained many campaign volunteers but very few actual voters.

Officials who actually marched in the Souls To The Polls were Broward Property Appraiser Marty Kiar, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus McCormick. Heck, even Republican Congressional candidate Joe Budd marched to the library.

Guess Charlie forgot his walking shoes.