Is Florida ready for a democratic socialist?

Oliver Larkin, a 34-year-old DSA candidate, is running for Congress in a newly drawn district in Florida.

On Tuesday, voters will decide between him and a ‘DeSantis Democrat’

Doors don’t get knocked on much in this stretch of south https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/florida">Florida, where yard signs for https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/republicans">Republican and https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/democrats">Democratic candidates alternate from home to home.

Oliver Larkin, the 34-year-old democratic socialist running for https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-congress">Congress here, knows this.

With a clipboard in hand five weeks before the state’s primary, Larkin and two canvassing volunteers walked down palm tree-lined streets with single-family homes to pitch residents on his plan for a better way of life.

Surprisingly, many wanted to chat with the strangers at their door.