Buoyed by Latinos, DeSantis could become the first Republican candidate for governor to win Miami-Dade in 20 years

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[TigerClaws]

MIAMI — Florida Democrats are fretting over Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ popularity among Latinos, saying they are boosting his chances of becoming the first Republican governor in 20 years to win traditionally blue Miami-Dade County and therefore propelling his chances of a successful presidential run in 2024.

Miami-Dade, the state's most populous county, is 70% Hispanic. The last time a Republican governor won Miami-Dade County was Jeb Bush in 2002. Unlike DeSantis, Bush held press conferences in fluent Spanish and his wife is Mexican-born.

DeSantis is an “outlier” among Republican governors, said Fernand Amandi, a Democratic consultant and pollster in Miami.

“DeSantis overperforms here in a way that you don’t tend to see Republican candidates perform elsewhere with Hispanics,” he said.

Cause for concern

DeSantis has raised over $100 million for his re-election campaign, a staggering number for any gubernatorial candidate. Many of the donors are eyeing DeSantis as a potential 2024 presidential candidate.

The governor is being challenged by former Democratic congressman — and previous Republican governor —Charlie Crist, who is behind in the polls.

Faced with this, Florida Democrats have expressed frustration and anger over their limited resources and money from national donor groups. Some feel that Democrats have ceded Florida to Republicans after their defeat in the 2020 election.

“If Ron DeSantis wins the Latino vote in Florida, which has been a GOP project now for the past decade," said Democrat Devon Murphy Anderson, co-founder of the voter registration organization Mi Vecino, "Ron DeSantis is going to go directly to his donors and say, 'I can win the presidential nomination and I can beat the Democratic nominee in 2024 because I can win the Latino vote.'"

Hillary Clinton won Miami-Dade County by almost 30 points in 2016, but Biden won the county by only 7 points.

When Clinton won, "Republicans looked at that and instead of throwing their hands up, walking away from the county, and saying this is always going to be a blue base, they doubled down in their investment there," said Murphy Anderson.

[dixie1202]

I was a big hit when I visited Miami because I wore a Vamos Brandon shirt.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Fury]

Look around. There’s a thread on the Dominion CEO? interview on 60 minutes and there’s a fair amount of “quitter boyz” whining.

[GOPJ]

Hillary Clinton won Miami-Dade County by almost 30 points in 2016, but Biden won the county by only 7 points. When Clinton won, "Republicans looked at that and instead of throwing their hands up, walking away from the county, and saying this is always going to be a blue base, they doubled down in their investment there," said Murphy Anderson.

We have a large tent...

[Lion Den Dan]

Facts? Try this just for starters: DeSantis endorses O’Dea in Colorado Senate race, bucking Trump

[TexasGator]

“Facts? Try this just for starters: DeSantis endorses O’Dea in Colorado Senate race, bucking Trump”

How much is ActBlue paying you to help democrats?

[TexasGator]

“Facts? Try this just for starters: DeSantis endorses O’Dea in Colorado Senate race, bucking Trump”

I guess you want the senate to remain democratic!

[central_va]

We can affored to lose that seat. O’Dea is an O’Dickhead.

[TexasGator]

“Facts? Try this just for starters: DeSantis endorses O’Dea in Colorado Senate race, bucking Trump”

How much is ActBlue paying you to support Bennett?

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[TexasGator]

“We can affored to lose that seat. O’Dea is an O’Dickhead.”

Schumer agrees with you.

[Joe Brower]

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[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

DeSantis does have some establishment history. And because of those establishment tendencies, unfortunately, he may be a great governor of Florida, but I won’t expect much if he becomes President.

[Does so]

>>Most of the time the leftists in “journalism” in Miami (and they are legion) will IGNORE DeSantis.<<

The University of Miami once offered a major in “Radio-TV”. Our large dormitory offered a full wing of “Radio-TV journalists”, most of whom openly engaged in male-on-male sex.

[Lion Den Dan]

Well, if one does not expect much then one is not too disappointed. The only ones who have not disappointed me have been Democrats; they were usually worse than I imagined.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

That I can attest to. Any given Democrat will probably be WORSE than any reasonable person can imagine.