Why Popular Ron De Santis Wins Big in Florida

BY: Christopher Roper Schell

Article on Florida's rejection of African American Studies AP course lacks credibility, despite my respect for its author.

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Peter claims DeSantis enacted politically useful laws to defend "white America", racism is still ingrained in American psyche.

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Peter Isackson argues DeSantis' popularity is due to white Republican racism, but this is a simplistic argument unsupported by facts.

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Florida has roughly equal numbers of registered Republicans and Democrats, making it hardly a "white, Republican" state as claimed.

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DeSantis' supporters cannot all be white Republicans as not even half of the Republicans in Florida are white.

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Florida's last election had 7.7 million votes with DeSantis getting 59.37% and Crist getting 39.97%, a 19-point spread.

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Assumptions about voter ratio are required to support Peter's claims, but they are improbable and lack evidence.

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Crist is a party opportunist with few principles, and his defeat cannot be attributed solely to an enthusiasm gap.

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