FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The primary in this battleground state that has provided a vital margin in two of the five elections this century is a little more than a week away, and already voters here are confronting a new political reality.

It was only three months ago that U.S. Democrats, knowing that the Republican-controlled Senate would resist their impassioned passel of arguments, impeached Donald J. Trump. With an eye on history and the stain their action would put on the president, they hoped to cut Trump down to size.

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