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applegrove

(133,328 posts) Mon May 2, 2022, 05:22 PM May 2022

DeSantis Aims to Turn Florida Into Solid Red State [View all]

DeSantis Aims to Turn Florida Into Solid Red State

May 2, 2022 at 4:45 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 93 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/05/02/desantis-aims-to-turn-florida-into-solid-red-state/

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Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) told Lisa Boothe he thinks Florida will turn solidly red if he’s reelected.

Said DeSantis: “My goal would be, if we win the election really big, people like you who analyze these things are going to say: ‘The days of Florida being a swing state are over. Florida is a red state.'”

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DeSantis Aims to Turn Florida Into Solid Red State [View all] applegrove May 2022 OP

A question to ponder... brooklynite May 2022 #1

Tie his stupid stunts to tax increases. Baitball Blogger May 2022 #11

We don't know how bad it might get Mad_Machine76 May 2022 #16

Problem is even if this change at Disney happens, it's June 2023 jimfields33 May 2022 #27

So Mad_Machine76 May 2022 #37

Orange and Osceola counties, both strongly Democratic, would bear the brunt ... 11 Bravo May 2022 #32

Who is the republican party..... SergeStorms May 2022 #2

That's What I've Been Saying SoCalDavidS May 2022 #3

Both of them are facing changing demographics so don't give them up. applegrove May 2022 #9

The changing demographics don't mean the voting base will Jspur May 2022 #15

DeSantis won by less than 30,000 votes. Tommy Carcetti May 2022 #35

Because He's More Popular There Than Ever SoCalDavidS May 2022 #36

Talk about delusional kimbutgar May 2022 #4

AKA a one party dictatorship DBoon May 2022 #5

That's how I see it too. Baitball Blogger May 2022 #6

Terrible Democratic messaging like "democratic socialist" and "defund the police" YorkRd May 2022 #7

I recall Sen Sanders going to Florida and praising Castro comradebillyboy May 2022 #29

A red state with high taxes. tirebiter May 2022 #8

Then why does he keep killing his constituents with mask bans & hiding cases? SheltieLover May 2022 #10

Why do people seek out this guys thoughts on anything? pwb May 2022 #12

DeSatan is in a head to head contest with bullStitt in OK Runningdawg May 2022 #13

This from a guy who won by 0.4% budkin May 2022 #14

Ron rso May 2022 #18

And Disney has 77,000 pissed off employees. applegrove May 2022 #19

Yea, but they have fixed that problem with gerrymandering. Chainfire May 2022 #21

Can't gerrymander a statewide election. Wednesdays May 2022 #22

You need to explain your thought process Chainfire May 2022 #24

They split a district that started in Jacksonville and ended in Tallahassee jimfields33 May 2022 #28

So if he wins by 0.5% this time around gratuitous May 2022 #34

The Electorate always eventually self corrects Jspur May 2022 #17

Only in a fair system could you expect the self correction. Chainfire May 2022 #31

The system has always been unfair in this country. It's only by force Jspur May 2022 #33

Like Karl Rove's "permanent republican majority," I guess tishaLA May 2022 #20

Won't happen nt XanaDUer2 May 2022 #23

easy to win when you are the referee Takket May 2022 #25

We need to find out how to turn Trump against him. LOL nt Quixote1818 May 2022 #26

Shhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Nobody tell him how political districts work! Initech May 2022 #30