Florida Governor Ron DeSantis believes Democrats have no chance of winning in the Sunshine State. This comes after reports that Republicans have nearly 900,000 more registered voters than Democrats.
“You’re talking about a shift in voter registration of more than a million people,” DeSantis told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo, noting that the old numbers show that among registered voters in 2018, Republicans were the Democratic opponent. He claimed that this shows that the country is nearly 300,000 people worse off.
“I think part of it is the local reaction that in Florida people are more likely to switch from Democrat to Republican and independent to Republican than vice versa. That’s an important factor, but immigration disproportionately I think it’s true that some people come to Florida not because they want to mirror the policies of Illinois or California or New York, but because they realize that Florida conducts policy differently than where they come from. Because I’m grateful. ”
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Local news reports have affirmed DeSantis’ claims, including: 1 report From USA Today This article is perhaps most notable for its role in the presidential showdown between George W. Bush and then-Vice President Al Gore in 2000, when the state became the most important swing state in the nation. It alludes to its former identity as a.
“Republicans currently hold the largest advantage in voter registration that any major party has held in nearly 40 years,” the report said, with Republicans leading with 851,417 voters as of last month. It notes that this is the largest lead by either of the two major parties. A political party since the Democratic Party dominated in the late 1980s.
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The state’s Panhandle (bright red region) is suspected to further push Republicans to victory this November, and perhaps Florida will be “on the back burner” as the report speculates.
DeSantis said in an X post last Thursday. Local media “Florida’s Voice”compiled data showing Republican support reached an additional 889,569 people as of April 4.
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During the same period, Democrats reportedly lost 1,000 voters.
“Florida is off the board. Florida is a Republican state,” DeSantis said.
“We used to be a one-point state every time there was an election at stake. ‘What’s going to happen to Florida?’ That’s not true anymore, and I think that’s good for the party.”
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