{"id":500219,"date":"2021-05-12T12:50:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T16:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=500219"},"modified":"2021-05-12T12:50:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T16:50:58","slug":"poll-despite-floridas-even-split-between-gop-dems-desantis-has-strong-approval-rating-overwhelming-support-on-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-despite-floridas-even-split-between-gop-dems-desantis-has-strong-approval-rating-overwhelming-support-on-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"POLL: Despite Florida\u2019s Even Split Between GOP, Dems, DeSantis Has Strong Approval Rating, Overwhelming Support On Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpoll-despite-floridas-even-split-between-gop-dems-desantis-has-strong-approval-rating-overwhelming-support-on-pandemic%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=500219&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1249638278-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/thecapitolist.com\/desantis-posts-strong-approval-in-latest-florida-chamber-poll\/\">new poll<\/a> conducted by the Florida Chamber of Commerce shows that in Florida, where there are roughly 14.5 million registered voters, almost exactly split between Republicans and Democrats, GOP Governor Ron DeSantis has gained strong majority support, as 55% of voters approve of the job he\u2019s done and only 40% disapprove.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/dos.myflorida.com\/elections\/data-statistics\/voter-registration-statistics\/voter-registration-reportsxlsx\/voter-registration-by-county-and-party\/\">Florida Department of State<\/a>, there are 5,290,465 registered Democrats in the state, 5,185,744 Republicans, a whopping 3,832,070 independents with no party affiliation (NPAs), and 247,108 voters affiliated with another party.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the fact that the state is evenly split didn\u2019t stop DeSantis from accumulating a 15-point advantage among voters, attributed to 88% of GOP voters approving and only 6% disapproving, as well as 57% of NPAs approving of him and only 37% disapproving.<\/p>\n<p>When it came to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, DeSantis again received high marks, with an overwhelming 70% of respondents approving.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Chamber of Commerce President and CEO\u00a0Mark Wilson stated, \u201cAs I\u2019ve said for over a year, under the leadership of Governor DeSantis, Florida continues moving in the right direction and serving as the national model for COVID-19 recovery while other states chose fear over facts. Governor DeSantis\u2019 strong approval ratings show Florida\u2019s voters and Florida\u2019s business community are united around his leadership in protecting Floridians and Florida\u2019s economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis\u2019 high approval rating was also reflected in his numbers versus prospective opponents in the 2022 gubernatorial race; he held a double-digit lead over every major challenger. DeSantis led noted party-changer Charlie Crist 51% to 41%.<\/p>\n<p>Crist was a Republican from 1993 to 2010, when he served in the Florida Senate, then as Florida Education Commissioner, then Florida Attorney General before being elected governor in 2006. He lost in his bid for the GOP nomination for the 2010 U.S. Senate to Marco Rubio, then became an independent, losing to Rubio in the general election in a three-way race. In December 2012, he joined the Democratic Party, and endorsed Barack Obama for president. He lost in his race for governor in 2014 to the GOP\u2019s Rick Scott, who later became a United States senator.<\/p>\n<p>In the Chamber of Commerce poll, DeSantis also led Commissioner of Agriculture\u00a0Nikki Fried 51% to 39%, and led Congresswoman\u00a0Val Demings 53% to 38%. He held a double-digit lead among NPA\u2019s by outpolling Crist by 17 points, Fried by 16, and Demings by 20.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as vaccine distribution, even a plurality of Democrats praise him in that field. About 48% of Democrats approve of his job regarding that issue, compared to 46% who disapprove. Meanwhile, 91% of Republicans give him good marks,\u201d Florida Politics noted of the results from the poll. \u201cWith independents, DeSantis enjoys 74% approval and 22% disapproval of what he\u2019s done with vaccines. That\u2019s an overwhelmingly positive response to the greatest logistical challenge presented to the Governor so far in his first term in office.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"flori-2102193566\" class=\"flori-content_2\" readability=\"36\">\n<p>The sample size of the poll, which was conducted between April 30 and May 8, included 242 Democrats, 244 Republicans and 116 others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"10.682692307692\">\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new poll conducted by the Florida Chamber of Commerce shows that in Florida, where there are roughly 14.5 million registered voters, almost exactly split between Republicans and Democrats, GOP &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277919,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1249638278-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"POLL: Despite Florida\u2019s Even Split Between GOP, Dems, DeSantis Has Strong Approval Rating, Overwhelming Support On Pandemic","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-500219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1249638278-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"POLL: Despite Florida\u2019s Even Split Between GOP, Dems, DeSantis Has Strong Approval Rating, Overwhelming Support On Pandemic","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}