The number of Florida coronaviruses continues to rise and the political danger seems potentially serious to the governor. Ron DeSantis
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But to the frustration of Democrats, their support still doesn’t show many signs of collapse.
DeSantis is widely perceived as a likely candidate for the GOP presidency in 2024. He is the heir to the support of MAGA America, if it was earlier. President Trump
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DeSantis has faced masks or vaccine warrants, issuing executive orders banning such measures. He has also been pleased with his foil foil President Biden
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After Biden said earlier this month that he wanted governors who did not help in the battle against COVID-19 to “get out of the way,” an apparent reference to DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), though that Biden did not name any man – DeSantis hit hard.
He said he didn’t want to “hear a look at Biden’s COVID”. “If you try to block people, I’m on your way and defending the people of Florida,” he added.
DeSantis faced his latest setback on Friday when a Florida judge ruled that the state could not punish school districts for imposing masked warrants challenging the governor’s executive orders.
DeSantis had previously warned of “consequences” for breaking his ban. According to the Washington Post, more than half of Florida students are enrolled in public school districts that have imposed these mandates.
The Miami Herald calculated Friday that Florida had averaged 242 COVID-19-related deaths and 22,556 new infections each day over the past week.
Both figures have risen more during the current rise than last winter, before vaccines were available.
The situation frightens state Democrats, who want to see DeSantis beaten when he stands for re-election next year.
The governor won office in 2018 by less than half a percentage point over Democrat Andrew Gillum. His two main Democratic challenges next year are Rep. Charlie Crist
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Ashley Walker, who was then director of the state of FloridaPresident Obama
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“It is detrimental to Florida that it has taken these positions, because unfortunately people are dying and children are getting sick and our hospitals are ready,” Walker told that column. “As for their positions on mask warrants and vaccine passports, I think they are positions consistent with their right-leaning Republican base. So while I think their positions are detrimental and detrimental to the daily floridians, I also think he is making a political calculation. “
The problem, from a democratic perspective, is that these political calculations could be working, despite COVID-19 figures.
Last month, a poll by Republican Party pollster Tony Fabrizio showed that DeSantis was the clear favorite for 2024 among Republican voters if Trump did not run.
In this scenario, DeSantis gained 39 percent support, more than double the position of the former vice president Mike Pence
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The new rise of COVID-19 appears to have hurt DeSantis to some extent in Florida, but the decline is not catastrophic in any stretch.
A new University of Quinnipiac poll released this week showed DeSantis in positive territory, albeit by a narrow margin, in terms of its overall approval.
The governor got 47% approval among Florida voters, with 45% disapproval. Its handling of COVID-19 was a weak point, although again it was not devastating: 51% disapproved and 46% approved the issue.
In next year’s government race, 48% of voters said they deserved to be elected and 45% said no.
Independent experts say these figures speak of Florida’s near-equal division and are also emblematic of the polarization around the pandemic.
“They still show it in a divided Florida, where people forget they won by the narrowest margin ever,” said Susan MacManus, professor emeritus at the University of South Florida.
MacManus added that the relative strength of Florida’s economy continues to strengthen DeSantis ’position. The biggest question, he said, was how parents reacted in the medium term to the heated debate over masks in schools.
DeSantis doesn’t back down, neither with masks in schools nor with anything else.
Asked if she would stay with her current position in the mandates, DeSantis press secretary Christina Pushaw told this column, “Your question contains the implicit assumption that mask mandates work, but empirical data say on the contrary. There is no conclusive evidence that mask mandates anywhere in the U.S. have a statistically significant impact on the spread or prevalence of COVID-19. “
Pushaw cited California as an example, as a state mask warrant did not prevent Golden State from being devastated by COVID-19.
More generally, Pushaw added: “The governor does not change his position on closures, masks or vaccine warrants. Floridians are free to wear masks if they choose to do so. But the state will not force anyone into this policy. “Governor DeSantis respects the rights of its members; if it weren’t for his strong stance on freedom, most of the United States could still be subject to draconian blockades.”
The governor’s administration also reversed Friday’s court decision.
DeSantis communications director Taryn Fenske said the verdict “was made with inconsistent justifications, not based on science and facts, which frankly did not even remotely focus on the merits of the case presented.”
The Florida Department of Education said, through communications director Jared Ochs, that it was “immensely disappointed” by the ruling, arguing that it “conflicts with the basic and established rights of parents to make health decisions.” and private education for children “.
Although the court ruling is shaken, Florida’s initial COVID figures virtually guarantee that much suffering remains.
But it is not certain that DeSantis will pay a political price.
The Memo is a column reported by Niall Stanage.