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The Case For And Against Ron DeSantis

FiveThirtyEight Politics

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The Ted Cruzification of Ron DeSantis

When Ron DeSantis won his nearly 20 point victory in the Florida governor's race in 2022, he had become popular and even had some crossover appeal based on probably two big things. And there was some crossover appeal on both like the general sense that political correctness has run amok or wanting to prioritize the economy at times. In the time since then, he's taken on a different approach and one that I would compare more to the Ted Cruz approach of 2016.

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