Puerto Rico's Mass Migration at Play in 2016 Race for Florida
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A voter walks past a sign pointing the way to a polling station on Nov. 4, 2014, in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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Puerto Ricans fleeing to Florida to avoid the island’s $70 billion debt crisis have become fiercely pursued prizes in the nation’s biggest presidential swing state.
This month, Democrat Hillary Clinton opened a campaign office in the heart of central Florida’s Interstate 4 corridor, which is the axis of migration from the U.S. territory. Republican Marco Rubio is planning to open an Orlando office in the coming weeks. Donald Trump unleashed a small army of volunteers last week that handed out thousands of bumper stickers and lawn signs there.