How Florida Became So Conservative
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- Over the past 25 years, Florida has witnessed a massive political shift. Although it was once considered the largest and most volatile swing state, today, Florida is a stronghold for the modern Republican party, Republicans hold supermajorities in the state legislature, and Gov. Ron DeSantis is turning Florida into a hub for conservative policy experiments. But how did this happen?
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People who criticize florida and Ron DeSantis clearly must not live here and or differ politically. As a Cuban-American I feel well represented.
There is no other state I’d live in given todays political and social economic climate.
a voter that calls donald trump a lier, intolerant, anti working classs, and facist then goes and elects joe biden or votes for hilary clinton is a voter that is very uneducated, uninformed, and highly confused.
Well said. I am a fifth generation Californian living in SoCal -- whose life has been destroyed by "progressive" lockdown policies during the pandemic. Those lazy, fear-driven, uninformed policies have harmed my family and set me back at least five years. I can't even begin to describe the anguish... I will never forget the day in March 2020 a co-worker sent us, his fellow furloughed co-workers, a photo taken at his local park of a basketball net bolted down so that the hoop could not be used. A male in his 30s, he was going stir crazy locked at home. So he went to shoot some hoops in the California sunshine -- on his own, at an empty park. During that same time, I sat home and watched your governor make the decision to keep beaches open -- and hold a 45-minute roundtable discussion about the knowns and *unknowns* about the virus. DeSantis refused to "contract out," as he puts it, his responsibility to his constituents. Other governors were lazy in blindly following whatever haphazard and arbitrary guidelines were provided by Fauci, the CDC, WHO and Big Pharma. I have since watched nearly every press conference held by your governor -- about the Everglades Restoration Project, improving infrastructure in poor, rural communities, parents' rights, support for first-responders, teachers and law enforcement... I could go on and on. I have watched his roundtables discussions with Cuban-Americans, like yourself, on facilitating *legal* immigration and on stopping the cartel, human trafficking, drug trafficking, the fentanyl crisis...
Ron is a true public servant. And his commitment to his state is infectious. I know most members of your Supreme Court, legislature, and even of the Green Algae Task Force 😉 -- while I don't have a clue who most of the political players are in California. They are MIA, using red tape as an excuse for shafting (forgive the crude term) their constituents. They preach "inclusion" and woke ideology -- while doing nothing at all. Ideology is not GOVERNING, it's talk, propaganda, total BS.
You are lucky gators, there, in Florida. Please cherish your governor for me... I am praying that he will wait until 2028 to run for president. He is doing so much good at the state level, while making an impact on the world stage, setting the gold standard. Ron LOVES his state, the job of governing and the time the job affords him with his family. So I hope his team doesn't pressure him to "seize the opportunity" to run in 2024... I find it interesting that Byron Donalds is supporting Trump. Donalds' support for Trump gives me an inkling of hope that Ron is leaning on the side of finishing out his term in Florida. On the other hand, the legislature just passed that bill enabling a standing governor in Florida to campaign for other office. Btw, Bryon Donalds is a rising STAR in the GOP. You all need to bottle and sell whatever you've got in the water, over there in Florida... 🙃
Ron DeSantis is playing the long game, I hope. The guy is meticulous, methodical, dots his "I"s and crosses his "T"s. What I wouldn't give to work for that man, task master that he is. I'd clean toilets in the Governor's Mansion to work for that man! Take care and God bless. ♥️🐊🇺🇸
We have it pretty good here in Georgia, too 😊
I live in Miami and Florida/DeSantis have pros and cons just like every other state/governor.
But because the majority of the corporate press tends to lean left, they often highlight everything wrong in the state and ignore the good. The opposite they do to say NY and Cali, for the most part, not always.
Florida: where Americans go to die.
Very reasonable and balanced piece.
How did California become so liberal?
Once the home of Regan, now an embarrassing disaster
Regan was no conservative. He was a rino. We are still suffering greatly from his policies and financial decisions.
@@ricky4673 Are we though? Cause I've seen two recessions in my life so far, and both have come under Obama and the under under Biden who was part of the latter. Now if you wanna blame one of those on bush, by all means I'm open to it, but let us stop blaming figures who were elected almost 40 years ago for the "mistakes" of politician's of the last decade.
@@ricky4673hut up! He was more conservative than Donald Trump. Trump is literally THE FIRST president in HISTORY to be lenient with SSM coming into office. Regan laid the foundation for modern-day EFFECTIVE conservative policies and principles. If he is a RINO, YOU are a CINO(Conservative In Name Only)
@@ricky4673 Imagine thinking Reagan wasn’t a Republican. That just shows how far the party has changed.
a disaster? If California was a country it would have the fifth biggest economy in the world.
Lol RIP Charlie Crist and Gillium
Florida is not conservative. Florida is just not crazy. Sane =/= conservative.
The Florida man meme begs to differ!
@@fisher3317we're wild, not insane
@@fisher3317Florida man trend died, now Ohio takes that spot.
@@lunistylz587 Nah, the Ohio meme died out too. Besides, the "Down in Ohio" memes were clearly exaggerated, while the Florida man stories were real.
I like desantis and I’ve never voted for a republican presidential candidate
Ron is one of the best governors in the history of the country. Its not so much about his political party. He's a true public servant who LOVES his state and is DRIVEN to SERVE his constituents. A rare breed. Can you imagine the state of the state of Florida -- if you had voted for Gillum?!
How else does one get rid of DEBBIE WASSERMANN SCHULTZ??? 😂😂😂😂
Just import disillusioned conservatives from the north east and continue shifts among Hispanics
Freedom florida!
@@elmastro-ye9lw are you referring to the removal of sexually inappropriate books in schools? You have a problem with that? And let me guess, but you're supportive of the censorship of people who speak against the government narrative?
I’m certain COVID was a major turning point. And then the liberal side of politics starting to tear itself apart ideologically (“the woke left”).
Florida is going to keep getting redder especially with that woke psych leading the FL dems Nikki fried haha
Just imagine if Andrew Giullum had won in 2018.
That race was so close. If he won and he got momentum, this state would be liberal. I truly believe that. Now everyone I speak to is pro Trump and DeSantis except my family.. I have no idea how that happened. Florida is not really a conservative state, we’re libertarian and we flip. I truly believe Trump will win here in 2024, but after that, it might be up for grabs again.
@@chuckwilliams3003venezuelans, cubans, argentinians, nicaraguans, colombians, thats happened 😅
Rhonda cried to Trump that he was losing and begged Trump to endorse him and Trump took him to the top and what happened when Trump needed him most, STABBED IN THE BACK!
I can tell you how it happened. Florida looked at the craziness going on in New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco and decided to do the exact opposite of those crapholes. This means voting for the opposite party.
Instead, it chose its own craziness in the form of banning school books and attacking its biggest employer!
@@fisher3317 Also putting Red Flag Orders on kids for saying things out of anger.
Conservative? Or not insane?
Safe spaces or octagons pick one .
Gerrymandering helped a lot.
What the heck do they mean, "so conservative?" It seems like Florida is just barely holding the line.
florida did not become conservative. they become moderate
"War on woke" is not what I'd consider moderate.
@@fisher3317 „Equality of genders” within schools is not what you consider „liberal”?
@@thebigmasterx458 Saying "blacks benefited from slavery" is not what I'd call reasonable.
@@fisher3317 I dont really care as much as GOP controls the south
The Hill once again shows it’s bias… nothing in this video answered the question lol
I think there’s a certain group of people that I won’t name that need to take a step back and ask themselves that question.
Chill it with the antisemitic language!
@@Menaceblue3 I never mentioned anything remotely close to being considered antisemitism.
@@Menaceblue3 There is a certain group of people who blame others for the exact same things they do it’s pretty crazy. Have you considered looking in the mirror?
Can you say Democrats.
Demonscrat
It’s been for while now 😂
What are you talking about Ron won by 20 percent in state wide election
I moved to Florida largely to vote for America's best Governor... RON DESANTIS!!
mostly because the Hispanic community wants to work, and live the dream; they've experience "socialism" before, and had to flee.
Cuban Americans dont repsrenest the entire Latino community. Benrie had the Latino vote over hillary, for example
The tax and building regulations are what i feel lead to the growth and shift right. Lots of rich folks. Also latinos are generally conservative but a populist Democrat could also win there.
Pay attention to Jacksonville mayor race, it's not as red as you think it is....
Because voting turn outs in Jax are very low. When I was canvassing, most of the Democrats were not going to the polls, it was always Republicans very involved in politics.
We’re not conservative, we just like freedom!
DeSantis is pushing Fascism into Florida.
Isthat why conservatives want to ban abortion and contraceptives, freedom eh?
@@fisher3317Abortion b$tchers babies,
And there are newer studies showing that contraceptives are not safe for women,
So it yes we do like freedom
Yes@@fisher3317
By surpressing others?
Florida is where woke goes to die
Florida is where Americans go to die.
Florida is not hopeless. Biden will make a serious attempt to carry the state.
Hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahaha 😂 delusional
I think you just proved their point as the only thing you focused on was upper middle class people crying about abortions and no other actual issues
Incompetent democrat state party and strategy compared to their efforts in AZ & GA or the Harry Reid machine they built in NV. Conversely republicans have been building up in FL long term, they expanded even into urban areas. During covid, democrats went to sleep while republicans kept up registering and outreach to latinos. Republicans built up infrastructure. Democrats parachute in during campaign season.
Also bare in mind, small leads in the popular vote can lead to disproportionate gains in the legislature in single member districts with first past the post voting system. Democrats are concentrated into fewer areas, republicans also gerrymandered the districts.
Republicans did win almost 60% of the vote to democrats almost 40% of the vote. So they did increase vote share. Republicans got 70% of seats and democrats 30%. That distorts votes being translated into seats.
Very well said.
Love my FLORIDA! We love DeSantis and Trump. Florida is where "woke" goes to die😃
More like where brain cells go to die!
Can we please hurry up that global warming? All we need is a 1 ft rise in sea level and Florida is the new Atlantis.
First of all Florida I remind you is in the South, home of the Confederacy. It has a long history of anti-"Black" racism going back before the birth of the nation. Anti-"Black" racism is the backbone of American Conservative ideology. In recent times geriatric citizens started moving to Florida for the weather and the tax laws. The elderly are almost always conservatively bent. Now add to all of that immigrants from Cuba who identify as "White" Hispanic settled into Florida. They are fiercely anti Castro anything and deeply Republican with the GOP a bastion of Conservatism.
@Oukmow144 - this is the correct assessment. Florida has become a modern-day confederate state.
ah yes the party of Lincoln how regressive
@@williaminnes6635 The party of Lincoln was infiltrated by Dixiecrats and subverted when Democrats started appealing to other demographics.
Floridians are extremely racist, holdover of the Confederacy
It's always about race with you people
Conservative policies work
It's actually terrifying. Florida's quickly becoming fascist
A fascist is literally a Democratic Socialist, use speech laws to silence dissent, social identitarian, racial identitarian, use extra judicial social punishment (cancel culture), and deplatform rivals. Is that you?
I urge you to study history. You belittled the plight of true fascist countries by throwing the word, "fascist," around without understanding its meaning.
Everything DeSantis has done has gone through the legislature and has aligned with the tenants of the Constitution. He has served his constituents -- which is the definition of a democracy. A true public servant acts upon the will of *We* *the* *People,* as DeSantis has done. Not *5%* of the people, but the majority.
@@spzaruba5089 Projecting much? 🤔
@@rehtaeh If you don't actually know how Spain, Germany, Italy, and half of Eastern Europe got down around WWII, that's a you thing. Don't eat books kid.
Florida is no longer a swing state 😌
Only desantis, not trump..
Racism
No
Stop using "conservative" and "liberal". Those words have EXACTLY NO MEANING.
Try looking them up, youll be surprised how wrong you are 😊