I’m not a Floridian and was only trying to help by posting the Rasmussen survey news. Didn’t Scott pass a bill for raising the age for purchasing rifles to 21? If so, then you have a good point.
And if so, my guess that he was probably throwing a bone to most of the state and big city municipal employees (e.g., police) and lawyers to avoid an uprising. There’s been a steady stream of migration from the northeast into Florida for a very long time, and those migrants head straight for government jobs within the first or second generation.
Is that the right thing to do? Never. Would that have been a good political strategic move under the circumstances? I don’t know. I’m not there.
Florida conservatives will know best what to do.
If I lived in FL I’d vote for Scott, without question, but I think it’s important for us all to understand what the Trump election means to Republicans going forward. It’s simple to me, either they change and embrace the platform he was elected on or they wither away into national irrelevance. Scott seems to be choosing the latter and it might cost him and us big.
I have friends in Florida who are politically active and the most accurate polling done in-state has Scott up over Nelson by 9%.
Once again, Florida conservatives are between a rock and a hard place. We will not vote for Nelson, ever. Scott is not a favorite but he’s all we’ve got.