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Florida voters could narrowly pass an amendment enshrining the right to abortion in the state constitution in November. A survey by the Florida Chamber of Commerce found that 61 percent of likely Florida voters say they support the abortion amendment, above the 60 percent support needed to pass the measure. However, the results are within the survey’s ±4 percent margin of error. The poll found that 29 percent of respondents oppose the amendment, and 10 percent are undecided.

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In a YouGov survey of 1,795 adult citizens conducted between Apr. 6 and Apr. 9, Iger is at -9 net, with 15% viewing him favorably and 24% unfavorably. Meanwhile, DeSantis is better known, but at least for some respondents, familiarity breeds contempt. The second-term Republican stands at -13 net; 34% view him favorably, with 47% regarding him unfavorably. DeSantis is in negative territory with most age, gender and racial cohorts, with only respondents 65 years of age and older regarding him favorably, albeit by a slender 48% to 44% spread.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who's been trailing Donald Trump in 2024 GOP primary polls, doubts that the former president can be re-elected if he's convicted of a felony. “I think the chance of getting elected president after being convicted of a felony is as close to zero as you can get,” DeSantis said in an interview with CBS News. Anchor Norah O'Donnell asked DeSantis if he agreed with former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, another Republican presidential candidate, who said Americans won’t vote for a convicted criminal. She also asked DeSantis if he believes voters will elect someone who is...

Ron DeSantis has further alienated the America First conservatives he hoped to win over from Donald Trump’s base by disparaging January 6th protestors, denying they were motivated by patriotism.Speaking at a CNN town hall, the Florida Governor was asked if “the January 6th insurrections display[ed] patriotism, as some of them claim they did” by an audience member.“No, of course not,” DeSantis replied immediately. “I mean, that was not a good day for the country. I think the media has taken that, and I think the left has taken that, and really tried to politicize it, but it was not a...

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said she would “maybe” consider Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as her running mate, saying, “if he wants to join forces with me, I welcome that” in a joint interview with NBC News and The Des Moines Register Friday. “I am going to defeat Donald Trump on my own. That’s the goal that we have. If he wants to join forces with me, I welcome that,” Haley said when asked about the prospect of joining forces with DeSantis to beat Trump. “But right now, we’ve got a race that we feel good about. We’ve got a...

In an advertisement unveiled Friday[Nov 4, 2022] on the Twitter feed of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ wife, Casey, black-and-white images of DeSantis and his family fade in and out as a narrator declares that “on the eighth day, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, ‘I need a protector.’ So God made a fighter.” The ad is the latest sign that DeSantis, a rising Republican star whose likely reelection on Tuesday (Nov. 8) is speculated to be the last step before a presidential run in 2024, may be making a play to become the anointed candidate of conservative...

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) criticized Harvard University's former President Claudine Gay during his first public stop in Iowa of 2024 without acknowledging he is a graduate of the Ivy League institution. "Have you guys seen [the situation] with this Harvard president and all the nonsense that's happened there?" DeSantis asked a crowd in Waukee, Iowa, on Wednesday. "It's these places, I mean, are just nuts with what's gone on there?" DeSantis graduated in 2001 from Yale University, where he was captain of the baseball team. He went on to attend Harvard Law School, where he earned his Juris Doctor in...

In a Saturday Town Hall in Laconia, New Hampshire, Florida Governor and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis called out former President Donald J. Trump for his post on Truth Social saying the FBI should stay in D.C. and be given a "new and spectacular building." SNIP>>>>> It appears that DeSantis is intent on bringing the necessary fire to his opponents ahead of the January 23 primary in the state. DeSantis was joined by Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, who introduced him and gave his reasons why he endorses DeSantis for President. The rest of the Town Hall and the governor's response to...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s early 2024 presidential campaign appears to have been underwritten by the Republican Governors Association (RGA), with almost $21 million contributed to the Friends of Ron DeSantis PAC being transferred to his Never Back Down PAC. In fact, by mid-2022, one-in-every-four dollars the RGA took in was redirected to the Friends of Ron DeSantis PAC under the guise of supporting the Florida Governor’s re-election bid.These sums could make sense in a scenario where the Republican incumbent was in a serious fight with a strong Democrat challenger, or if the RGA was looking to knock out a sitting...

Criticizing a rival might not seem very notable in a presidential campaign. But Donald J. Trump is no ordinary rival, and Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida has been wary of alienating the former president’s base.---------------- Since the start of his presidential campaign, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida has pulled his punches during speeches to voters, choosing not to attack the man leading him by 40 points in many national Republican primary polls. But in recent stump speeches in California, South Carolina, Florida and Iowa, Mr. DeSantis has started attacking former President Donald J. Trump more directly, drawing laughter and applause...

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign confirmed to The Daily Signal on Wednesday evening that he will support 15-week protections for the unborn. In audio of the debate following DeSantis’ response to an abortion question, candidate Sen. Tim Scott can be heard asking DeSantis if he would support legislation banning abortions of babies after 15 weeks. “Yes, I will,” DeSantis responds.

Establishment? @RonDeSantis goes off: “I’ve been fighting the Republican establishment my whole career.”

Many casual political observers have been wondering about why the Georgia republican apparatus, including Brian Kemp, doesn’t just get involved and shut down the nonsense coming from Fulton County and political prosecutor Fani Willis. It’s an understandable reference point and curiosity, but if you understand Georgia republican politics you understand why the political leadership actually support Fani Willis.Former House Speaker, Republican John Boehner (far left), and current Georgia Republican Governor, Brian Kemp (far right), attend a Stop Trump political strategy session in Sea Island, Georgia, May 2023. The strategy session was how to align with Democrats to destroy the MAGA...

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has overtaken Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) nationally for second place in the GOP primary field, according to a Kaplan Strategies poll. The poll, published on Monday, shows that 48 percent of GOP primary voters back Trump as he continues to dominate the field. Ramaswamy sits alone in second place with eleven percent, while DeSantis follows with ten percent:2024 National Republican Primary:Trump 48% (+37)Ramaswamy 11%DeSantis 10%Pence 8%Christie 4%Haley 4%Scott 2%Burgum 1%Hutchinson 0%Kaplan Strategies, 800 LV, 8/9-10 pic.twitter.com/i4jGTl6tDk— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) August 14, 2023Trump’s support is unchanged since Kaplan Strategies’ poll published in July, whereas DeSantis is...

According to a FOX News poll in December 2021, 78% of Republicans believed the 2020 election was stolen.At least 70% of Republican voters still believe Joe Biden’s win was illegitimate, according to a recent poll this week by far-left CNN.In January 2022, only 17% of Republicans and right-leaning independent voters said they would vote for a candidate that believes Joe Biden won the 2020 election.On Friday, Governor Ron DeSantis said that the theories by President Trump about the 2020 election being stolen were “unsubstantiated.”This was his latest political gaffe that will take down his campaign.Ron’s run for president is effectively...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday offered his strongest dismissal of the election fraud theories at the heart of former President Donald Trump's push to overturn the 2020 election. Asked by a reporter during a campaign stop in Iowa whether the 2020 election was "stolen," DeSantis said the fraud theories "did not prove to be true." He did not, however, mention the name of his top rival for the GOP nomination, who was just indicted for allegedly working to overturn the last presidential election. "I've said many times the election is what it is," DeSantis said. "All those theories that...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sat down with "Special Report" on Monday for a wide-ranging interview, offering insight into whether former President Donald Trump can win in a general election. DeSantis said he doesn’t believe Trump can win in 2024 because there are "too many voters who just aren't going to vote for him going forward." "I saw it in Florida in my re-election. You know, I won the first time by less than a percent, second time by ‘20. Why did people vote against me in ‘18 but then voted for me in ‘22? The number one reason they gave...

We are entering unchartered territory with political advertisements these days, presenting serious moral and ethical questions.Politico recently reported about a new anti-Trump TV advertisement funded by ‘Never Back Down,’ a pro-Ron DeSantis super PAC that has used AI (artificial intelligence) technology.The advertisement focuses on President Trump’s criticism of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds in an attempt to push two narratives.The first is to imply that President Trump has disdain for conservatives.The second is to suggest he disrespected the highest elected official of the first caucus state of the primary, and thus disrespected Iowans, too, since she was their choice.A section of...

When asked whether he believed Trump’s actions were wrong in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection, DeSantis said Trump should have “come out more forcefully.”(Read more here)