Education issue gives GovRonDeSantis leg up on realDonaldTrump with two key voting blocs
Exit polling from Florida's 2022 midterm and 2020 general elections would seem to back up those claims.Though Trump won Florida in 2020, he only earned roughly 43% of the independent vote, and President Joe Biden hammered him with young voters.
Five Florida Republican officials and campaign operatives told the Washington Examiner that nearly all of DeSantis's improvement on Trump's margins could be attributed to his handling of the education system. A second operative said DeSantis's decision to keep schools open during the pandemic outpaced other Republican politicians and candidates who were"simply calling for" DeSantis's policies rather than delivering on them.
Republican operatives had previously told the Washington Examiner that the Florida governor's focus on keeping businesses open throughout the pandemic was integral to earning the GOP's highest share ever of the nonwhite vote in 2022, flipping Miami-Dade County red in the process.
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