In the runup to Tuesday’s election, political prognosticators eyed Florida’s Amendment 3 with skepticism, doubting it would get the required 60 percent to pass. But it did — and then some. It only fell short of that benchmark in a few counties including Leon, Alachua, Orange and (surprisingly) Seminole. Statewide, the amendment drew 61 percent of the vote. That opens the door to speculation about what happened. After a strong, coordinated campaign about the deceptive nature and significant dangers of this amendment — which increases the $50,000 homestead property tax exemption to $150,000 in 2027, and then to $250,000 in 2028 — it’s hard to believe that Floridians didn’t understand the likely consequences of their actions. Polling suggested that Amendment 3 would fall well short of the votes needed for it to pass. The polling was wrong. Alone in the voting booth, many Floridian homeowners made the decision that saving a few thousand dollars a year was worth the statewide threat to local services like ballfields, libraries, senior centers and homeless assistance and the ine