Is Ron DeSantis the GOP’s golden ticket?
Post Reports
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🗓️ 10 November 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Today on Post Reports, we dig into the election results in Florida, where Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Republicans sailed to victory this week. What does their win mean for the party nationally, and for Florida’s long-standing “swing-state” status?
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On a night when Republicans across the country did worse than many had predicted, Gov. Ron DeSantis won in a landslide in Florida. Once a swing state that both parties fought to win in presidential elections, Florida has increasingly become a bastion of Republican politics because of changing demographics and strong campaigns by GOP candidates. National reporter Tim Craig joins us to explain Florida’s rightward shift, and how the state could leave its mark on the modern Republican Party.
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| 0:00.0 | Democrats had a great election night or week across the United States. |
| 0:08.3 | They did way better than expected. |
| 0:10.7 | In Pennsylvania, they won the governor's race in a flipped-ascent seat. |
| 0:14.5 | In Michigan, they will control all three branches of state government. |
| 0:19.4 | The Red Wave Victory Party Republicans had hoped for just didn't happen, but there |
| 0:24.2 | is one big bright spot for the GOP. |
| 0:27.3 | Florida. |
| 0:28.3 | We made promises to the people of Florida and we have delivered on those promises. |
| 0:39.6 | And so today, after four years, the people have delivered their verdict. |
| 0:46.7 | Freedom is here to stay. |
| 0:55.0 | In Florida, on Tuesday night, Republican Governor Ron DeSantis celebrated his win over Democrat |
| 1:00.7 | Charlie Christ. |
| 1:02.3 | DeSantis won by nearly 20 percentage points. |
| 1:06.1 | Florida was really a blowout for the Republican Party. |
| 1:08.5 | Tim Craig is a national correspondent covering Florida for the post. |
| 1:12.8 | No Republican has won by that margin in Florida since basically around reconstruction or the |
| 1:17.0 | Civil War era. |
| 1:18.3 | Across the state, Republicans also had a great night. |
| 1:22.2 | Senator Marco Rubio won re-election, and the GOP gained a super majority in the Florida |
| 1:27.7 | state legislature. |
| 1:29.7 | Florida, which has already been sort of a leaning, red, and recent national presidential |
| 1:34.2 | elections, has kind of lurched very far to the right in this election. |
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