The Villages is a 55-plus retirement community in Sumter County, Florida that has not voted for a Democratic candidate in a general election since 2000.

In 2020, Donald Trump won 67.8% of the vote compared to Joe Biden’s 31.7% in Sumter County.

Over the weekend, hundreds of golf carts paraded around the Villages in support of Kamala Harris's candidacy.

Florida governor Ron DeSantis commented on the enthusiasm for Harris’s candidacy, claiming it is much ado about nothing.

South Florida Democrat representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated that Kamala Harris’s candidacy has awakened significant enthusiasm in Florida.