Democratic candidates have visited the Villages though. I seem to remember a bus carrying the VP candidate--Joe Biden-- making a stop in Spanish Springs Square back in 2008. It did not get much press in
The Villages Daily Sun but there was a little bit of it. Not the front page extravaganza that Sarah Palin's trip here about the same time got.
Biden visit: Stopping at a Villages ice cream shop | Ocala.com
With respect to candidate Obama; he made it to Ocala and Orlando but never to TV that I recall back in 2008.
As to the slant of our local paper, they do report negative press in the
Villages Daily Sun just not as often as other papers which seem to revel in it.
I have seen Letters to the Editor though that are critical of Republican candidates and such. You probably will never see featured Democratic commentators along with Ann Coulter though in the Op-Ed pages.
IMHO,
The Sun has handled the Trayvon Martin case rather well.