This may be something to watch during next year’s Midterm Elections.
Gov. Ron DeSantis sees a difference between voters who supported Donald Trump in 2024 and the electorate at large, making fresh observations after a Special Election that saw a Republican Congressman-elect underperform the President.
And he believes that will come into play in 2026’s elections, both nationally and in the Florida House.
DeSantis argued in a social media post that “a chunk of voters who put them in power in 2024 are Trump-specific voters; they will vote GOP down ballot when Trump is running but won’t turn out to vote for a typical congressman in a midterm when Trump isn’t running.”
He amplified those thoughts in a Tampa press conference.
“Generally speaking, yeah, it was a big warning sign,” he sai

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