As Florida’s Senate race continues to garner national attention down the stretch, Angie Nixon made an appearance at the Live Oak ballroom Wednesday alongside Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy as she attempts to overcome a roughly 6-point deficit in the polls by invigorating young voters.
Nixon’s youth director Zander Moricz worked with the College Democrats at UCF to organize the “Knights for Angie” town hall as her campaign makes a push at undecided voters in the waning weeks of election season. Recent polling results conducted from Oct. 5 through Oct. 10 by MDW, St. Pete Poll, YouGov and Stetson University put Nixon behind an average of 5.75 points to opponent Sen. Ashley Moody.
Town hall questions centered on mistrust between constituents and the Florida government, in combination with what Nixon thought of Puerto Rican independence along with ongoing immigration issues…