"Since 1964, Florida has voted for the winning presidential candidate every time but one (1992, Clinton v. Bush), and since 1924 not one Republican candidate has won the presidency while losing Florida. As The Guardian noted in 2012: "They say that whoever wins the I-4 corridor wins Florida, and whoever wins Florida wins America."
To explain how this highway became the hinge of a crucial swing state, we have to rewind to Nov. 22, 1963—but not for the reason that date's usually remembered.
That morning, a group of businessmen climbed into a private plane (borrowed from the entertainer Arthur Godfrey) in Tampa and took off. Their leader was an avuncular man with a graying mustache and a serious nicotine addiction. Walter Elias Disney had a vision and he wanted to see for himself if a parcel of land in Central Florida could match it."
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/09/white-house-disney-world-florida-214214
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