The journalist Juan Ballesteros analyzed the triumph of Eileen Higginsthe new mayor of Miami. The Democrat was the first woman to hold the office and her victory marks the return of the blue party after three decades of Republican power. “Even though it’s a local election, Democrats are starting to realize that the results are favorable and they’re anticipating it in the midterm elections,” he explained Fontevecchia modefrom Net TV And Radio profile (AM 1190).
Juan Ballesteros is a sports journalist with an established career, known for his work for media outlets in Argentina and the United States. He currently lives in Miami.
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Maybe it can help us understand what Eileen Higgins’ victory means and what the Republican Party’s defeat in Miami, so close to Mar-a-Lago and President Donald Trump himself, means. And at the same time with a very important Cuban community that leans more towards the right than progressive.
It was a surprise what happened here a few days ago with “Gringa”, as Eileen Higgins is called. And why the gringa? Because of course she was born here in the United States, but it is not at all common for a person of this origin to hold this position in this city, in Miami, even though we are in the country of the Americans. Because here it was the Latinos and especially the Cubans who held the office of mayor. Higgins will be the first woman in history to inhabit it, and also the first non-Latina or of Cuban descent.. Therefore, what is currently happening in Miami represents a change, with a moderate speech.
Nor is it the case that, although he has shown some differences from the current president, Donald Trumpit is not aggressive speech. Although it shows differences, it also doesn’t break in some ways, and that Democratic Party It is regaining a place that it lost and never regained almost three decades ago. Well, recent votes in various parts of the United States point to some evidence that Democrats are starting to move forward. It happened in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and now in some ways that trend is being confirmed here in Miami.
When you said that it is not an aggressive speech, I can interpret that you differ from Mamdani in New York, that his proposals are not so revolutionary, so to speak.
Yes, I share. There is a very difficult immigration situation for the Latinos who are in an illegal situation and there is in some ways a much tighter control and with a lot of activity from the police department, ICE is called in to control them. There are many deportations, many complex situations, in some cases justified, in others there are complaints that they are not.
On this point in particular, Higgins, the mayor who will take office Dec. 18, showed some differences this week. He spoke of a touch of hate from the current administration, but also agreed with some other situations that President Trump raises, saying: “You have to accompany them in good things”. With a moderate speech and not as an opposition, although they are, because they are the Democratic Party against the Republican Party, they won the election very well against Emilio González, who was supported by Trump. Well, it definitely doesn’t break and it marks a difference from its New York counterpart.
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Doesn’t this Democratic Party’s winning streak at the local level raise certain expectations about the midterm elections that Trump will soon face?
This election is important because of the city she represents, because she’s won in a Republican bastion here for a long time, but it’s a very local election. When we talk about the mayor of Miami, we are talking about a part of the city of Miami, not even Miami-Dade County, since it also has a female mayor. For example, we’re talking about neighborhoods like Brickell, Downtown, Overtown, Midtown, not even Miami Beach. That means we’re talking about a population of three million in Miami-Dade County and about 500,000 people in the city of Miami. So this victory is important for the Democratic Party precisely because of the impact it had in Miami, but it is still a local election.
The departure of the Republican Francis Suárez, in power for eight years with a management appreciated by society, raises some doubts and expectations in the Democratic Party, although it is a local election, the Democrats They are starting to realize that the results are favorable and are forecasting them to the midterm elections with a lot more expectations because he thought he had lost the presidential election two years ago.
Zohran Mamdani wins in New York by winning in New York. In the case of Miami, as you point out, Miami County is only a small fraction of 500,000 residents out of a population of more than two million. In the case of New York, due to the distribution of New York’s famous five boroughs, it is as if it had won in all of Miami, to put it in comparison. Therefore, it is very valuable to make this difference.
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