Why is Ron DeSantis slipping in the polls?

Nomad said:
Not to mention moderate swing voters and moderate Republicans who were so sick of the Trump drama in 2020 they didn't even cast a vote for President.
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That'll happen again. Like most elections, it's about voter turnout. When only 2/3s of American voters turnout to vote, that leaves millions of votes at home.

https://fairvote.org/resources/voter-turnout/
Demographics
Overall, U.S. voters tend to be older, wealthier, more educated, and identify as White than nonvoters. Other demographic differences relate to:

  • Age: Young people are much less likely to vote than older ones. Citizens between the ages of 18 and 29 typically turn out at a rate more than 10 points lower than those who are 30 and older.
  • Race/ethnicity:White people are more likely to vote than people of color. In 2020, turnout among eligible White voters was estimated at 71%; On the other hand, turnout among Black voters and Latino voters was estimated at 63% and 54% respectively.
  • Gender: Women are more reliable voters than men. Women’s turnout has surpassed men’s in every presidential election since 1980. In the 2020 election, 68% of eligible women voters cast a ballot, compared to 65% of eligible male voters.
  • Socioeconomic status: Wealthy Americans vote at much higher rates than those who earn lower incomes. In the 2020 presidential election, turnout was 81% among people whose income was $100,000 – $149,999, compared to 63.6% for those whose income was $30,000 – $39,999. This difference affects public policy: Studies show that Politicians are more likely to respond to the desires of their wealthy constituents than of their lower-income constituents, in part because their wealthy constituents are more likely to vote.
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cawacko said:
That is quite the rant sir. (And historians are already ranking him after two years? With all due respect to them, I'm a fan of the traditional approach of waiting until someone is out of office and then waiting even longer after that - then fully judging their Presidency.)

You are of course free to believe Biden will beat any Republican. Time will eventually tell us who is correct. But I'm happy to lay some money down if you would like (assuming the candidate isn't Trump. Biden would wipe the floor with him.)
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I would agree that it's a bit early to be ranking a sitting president however some of them have and there is no question he will be way ahead of Trump.

The Siena College Research Institute (SCRI) Survey of U.S. Presidents is based on responses from 141 presidential scholars, historians and political scientists that responded via mail or web to an invitation to participate. Respondents ranked each of 45 presidents on a scale of 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) on each of twenty presidential attributes, abilities and accomplishments. Overall rankings were computed by assigning equal weight to each of those twenty categories.
Siena’s 7th Presidential Expert Poll 1982 – 2022

Top five remain unchanged; FDR, Lincoln, Washington, Teddy Roosevelt & Jefferson
Worst five again – Andrew Johnson, Buchanan, Trump, Harding & Pierce
Biden enters ranking 19th, LBJ Moves into Top Ten, Obama 11th, Ike firmly 6th, Ronald Reagan rated 18th.

Joseph Biden enters the ranking after only a year in office at 19th rated highly on his ability to compromise (9th), court appointments (10th), executive appointments (10th) and integrity (12th)
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signalmankenneth said:
Why is Ron DeSantis slipping in the polls?
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DeSantis appears to incapable of discussing economic issues. Most of his speeches do not mention anything about the economy, other than the companies he wants to destroy. He is mostly about hatred for gays and immigrants.
 
Walt said:
DeSantis appears to incapable of discussing economic issues. Most of his speeches do not mention anything about the economy, other than the companies he wants to destroy. He is mostly about hatred for gays and immigrants.
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is Florida suffering economically? I don't recall ever seeing him say that he hates gays or immigrants... I follow him and his wife on Facebook
...do you? You should... and then you'd know what's actually happening...
America would be lucky to have him as our president...
 
TOP said:
is Florida suffering economically?
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Is America suffering economically? Not much, but Florida is worse off than the rest of America. Florida used to be low income/low cost of living. It was a great place to go to when you were starting out, because it was cheap, and you were not worrying about making much money. Now it is low income/high cost, which is a real problem.

Beyond that, DeSantis is running for President (he has not announced, but he is doing everything else but announce). This is the time to say what he would do about inflation, and other national issues. Iowa does not care what he is doing about (or more likely failing to do about) hurricane preparedness.

Instead, he rants against homosexuals, teachers, and immigrants. He is proud he kidnapped legal immigrants (and one US citizen), and claims the US Army had to rescue them(didn't happen).
 
How is Florida worse off than the "rest" of us? I'm not hearing that from my Florida friends and family... you sound a little confused about the kidnapping of legal immigrants..
They were "rescued" by rhe military, were they not? After Martha Vineyard residenrs panicked and told them there was no room in their inns... I don't hear ranting... I just hear concern for the children and families in Florida..and the schools...
 
TOP said:
is Florida suffering economically? I don't recall ever seeing him say that he hates gays or immigrants... I follow him and his wife on Facebook
...do you? You should... and then you'd know what's actually happening...
America would be lucky to have him as our president...
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The fucker takes over 1 million Florida taxpayer dollars and pays for an airliner to fly immigrants in this country LEGALLY from Texas to Marthas Vineyard and you say he doesn't hate immigrants? He passes a law against Disney because they disagree with a bigoted law he passes against the LBGT community and he doesn't hate gays? It's fucking morons like you that are the problem in this country.
 
TOP said:
How is Florida worse off than the "rest" of us? I'm not hearing that from my Florida friends and family... you sound a little confused about the kidnapping of legal immigrants..
They were "rescued" by rhe military, were they not? After Martha Vineyard residenrs panicked and told them there was no room in their inns... I don't hear ranting... I just hear concern for the children and families in Florida..and the schools...
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Why do we have to send so much money to Florida if they are doing fine?
 
TOP said:
How is Florida worse off than the "rest" of us? I'm not hearing that from my Florida friends and family... you sound a little confused about the kidnapping of legal immigrants..
They were "rescued" by rhe military, were they not? After Martha Vineyard residenrs panicked and told them there was no room in their inns... I don't hear ranting... I just hear concern for the children and families in Florida..and the schools...
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Maybe because your friends in Florida are as fucked in the head as you are. Many of those immigrants he flew to Marthas Vineyard had appointments in Texas for asylum hearings within the next week. Just how the fuck do you have an appointment with our state department in TX over your asylum hearing without being in this country LEGALLY? Fucking ignorant shitheads like you giggle over what he did while footing the bill to feed, house and send all those immigrants back to Texas. I'm sure your ignorant friends and family in Florida thought it was a brilliant move to waste over a million of their dollars with his stupid stunt too.
 
Port Tack said:
Maybe because your friends in Florida are as fucked in the head as you are. Many of those immigrants he flew to Marthas Vineyard had appointments in Texas for asylum hearings within the next week. Just how the fuck do you have an appointment with our state department in TX over your asylum hearing without being in this country LEGALLY? Fucking ignorant shitheads like you giggle over what he did while footing the bill to feed, house and send all those immigrants back to Texas. I'm sure your ignorant friends and family in Florida thought it was a brilliant move to waste over a million of their dollars with his stupid stunt too.
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I call Bull Shit:

The overall average wait time for an asylum hearing is about 4.3 years, but in Omaha, Nebraska – the court with the longest delay – the wait time averages 5.9 years, according to the group.
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https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/26/us/asylum-backlog-highest-record/index.html
 
Hawkeye10 said:
This is a great place to point out that they will say anything, they dont give a flying fuck about either the truth or us.
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It takes years for the case to be completed, but you need to regularly report your whereabouts when on parole. Being moved to a place where you cannot report your whereabouts, or make your scheduled appointments is a criminal act.
 
Walt said:
We are kind of required to pay federal taxes... Or at least those of us who earn money. Do you earn money?
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So what money are we sending to Florida that you're upset about? I have a pension... so yes... money I worked very hard for, as a matter of fact...;) are you concerned about federal tax money allocation in general? or just money to Florida?
 
Walt said:
DeSantis is giving away $106 million in taxpayer money to people who agree with him politically... Hitler would be proud.

So why is hatred of minorities "civil excellence"?
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I don't see any hate for minorities... I'm sure you have a link for the taxpayer allocations.... thanks in advance for posting them... I'm not sure why you think Adolf Hitler has anything to do with this because he doesn't ...he's dead you know...
 
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