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b'Florida\\u2019s seniors played an important role in President Trump\\u2019s victory there in 2016. Older voters, who are mostly conservative, make up around 25 percent of the swing state\\u2019s electorate and turn out in astonishing numbers.\\n\\nThey are also disproportionately affected by the pandemic, and polling suggests that Joe Biden is making inroads with Republican-leaning older voters.\\n\\nIn Florida\\u2019s conservative retirement communities, however, the decision to switch from Mr. Trump can have consequences and many stay quiet for fear of reprisals.\\n\\nSome of these consequences are obvious: One resident who erected a sign in support of Mr. Biden woke up to \\u201cTrump\\u201d written in weedkiller on his lawn. Other effects are more personal, and more insidious.\\n\\nToday, Annie Brown, a senior audio producer at The Times, speaks to some of Florida\\u2019s seniors about their voting intentions \\u2014 including one, Dave Niederkorn, who has turned his back on Mr. Trump and almost lost a close friend in the process.\\n\\nGuests: Annie Brown, a senior audio producer for The New York Times; and Patricia Mazzei, the Miami bureau chief of The Times, who covers Florida and Puerto Rico.\\xa0\\n\\nFor more information on today\\u2019s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily\\xa0\\n\\nBackground reading:\\xa0Older people are a crucial voting bloc in Florida. In a speech earlier this month, Joe Biden made his pitch to them.\\u201cIf it\\u2019s here, it\\u2019s here\\u201d \\u2014 how retirees in Florida\\u2019s Villages confronted the coronavirus in the summer.'