Ron DeSantis Leads Charlie Crist by Double
Digits in Florida's Gubernatorial Race
Posted By: Dreadnought, 9/22/2022 4:34:52 PM
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) leads Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL) by double digits in Florida’s gubernatorial race, a recent Echelon Insights survey found. The survey asked respondents who they would vote for if the gubernatorial race were held today. DeSantis enjoys a ten-point advantage, leading Crist 52 percent to 42 percent. The Republican governor also enjoys more certainty among respondents, as 43 percent said they will “definitely” vote for him, compared to 31 percent who said the same for Crist. A poll from USA TODAY/Suffolk also found DeSantis comfortably leading his Democrat challenger by seven percentage points, or 48 percent to 41 percent.
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— or the staffers who keep walking back
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The discussion begins at the 12:55 timestamp.
Partial transcript as follows:
DAVID AXELROD: What worries me is that the more he’s held accountable for acts of corruption, the more he is insists on the, that the system is corrupt. And that becomes more and more central to what he is saying. And he’s been heading in this direction for a long time.
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