Ron DeSantis' Approval Rating Tanks as COVID Delta Variant Ravages Florida

[speak easy]

Source: Newsweek

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' approval rating tumbled to 43.7 percent in a new poll published on Wednesday, as the state grapples with a surge in cases of COVID driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant.

The survey from St. Pete Polls was conducted on August 2-3 and it shows the Republican governor losing re-election in a hypothetical matchup with Representative Charlie Crist, a Democrat who represents Florida's 13th congressional district.

Respondents were asked whether they approved of the job DeSantis is doing and 48.3 percent said they didn't approve, while 43.7 percent said they did. This represents a significant decline since a Florida Chamber of Commerce poll in May showed the governor's approval at 55 percent.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ron-desantis-approval-rating-tanks-as-covid-delta-variant-ravages-florida/ar-AAMYK5S

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When asked if masks "should be required for all children" when the state's schools reopen, 62 percent said they should be, 31.9 percent said they should not and 6.1 percent were unsure.

[RussBLib]

1. Good. Perhaps playing to the LCD isn't a good idea

LCD Lowest Common Denominator

Perhaps he thinks that imitating T-Rump is a great strategy.

Such a pathetic tool.

[TomCADem]

27. Florida Gov. DeSantis mocks Biden as Covid-19 rages in his state

At the same time, do not underestimate the power of right wing media, including Fox, NewsMax, OANN, Alex Jones, etc., to stir up outrage and racism among Republicans. The Republican Talking Point will be that Biden utterly failed to protect Republicans from the bullshit and misinformation spread by Republicans and Republicans died as a result!

Yeah, it is sort of like a serial killer running for Sheriff on the platform that the Sheriff failed to stop his killing spree, but when you have billion dollar backers and a whole right wing media bubble, Republicans might be successful in failing their way to victory.

[ace3csusm]

47. so right ... that is their next plan B...

Plan A was to scary everyone from thanking the vaccine they wanted to see the same Covid numbers that we saw last year...They just didnt anticipate Democrats would actually follow the medical professionals instead of Republican taking point, when their base started getting sick and dying they had to back track but ow they have lose control and their base wont listen to reason ... Their monster is out of control and will eventually come after them...

[Turbineguy]

2. Really?

I'm amazed.

[Warpy]

3. Good. It's about bloody time, they learn slow in Florida

probably because the sauna0like climate cooks their brains.

Cases are nearly at last winter's peak. Vaccinations have finally picked up in the lower parts of the state, but the panhandle is still firmly part of the "nobody gonna tell ME what to do" deep south.

Let's hoipe the awful realization that Florida Republicans represent only their own interests sinks in sooner, rather than later.

[Midnight Writer]

4. The problem with being a "damn the torpedoes!" style pol is backtracking makes you look weak.

DeSantis has painted himself (and the people in his State) into a corner.

He needs to choose between preserving his tough guy political image and preserving the lives of the people he governs.

Wonder which he will choose?

[PortTack]

5. Come on FL...you can do better than a rabid science denier orange mass supporter!

Kick him to the curb!

[IronLionZion]

6. Florida can stop his presidential ambitions

by defeating this asshole for reelection next year

[Evolve Dammit]

7. He needs to be run out of town. How many more thousands must die cuz it's coming?

[Jim__]

8. Could people be waking up? Maybe there's hope. - n/t

[kimbutgar]

9. 43.7 is not low enough

It should be zero for that mass murderer.

He reminds me of Greg Stilson the character from the Dead zone book.

[Wounded Bear]

30. Hopefully, it's just the start of a trend...

a long trend.

[Tribetime]

34. Yes should and will be much lower in near future

[obamanut2012]

38. Wait until the kids start dying here, and they will

Within the next two weeks. Many are in the hospital now, some are on vents. Newborns and toddlers here are getting Delta.

[ace3csusm]

48. unfortunately as covid effects more people it will eventually get to Zero but the cost to get their

is really sad i think alot of families will be effected ... We really need to put him on trial this is genocide and laws really need to be made that only non-bipartisan views and decision are allowed for any type of health related incidences ... None of this should have happened we have allowed them to put us all in this position

[Aviation Pro]

10. Sucks to be you, DeathSentence

Go fuck yourself.

[not fooled]

11. Well, if it was OK for red don

kushner etc. to think it was good that COVID impacted POC more (at least back then), is it OK for me to think now it is good that COVID is impacting an asshole puke governor more?

At least his approval rating is finally falling. Took long enough, considering the deaths directly attributable to his asshole policies.

[ProfessorGAC]

44. Also, Quite Importantly...

...a governor can't rely on the anachronism like the EC.
One has to be popular, with folks approving of the job you're doing IN IUST THAT STATE.
Either people like you as a governor or they don't.
Become unpopular, and you're toast.
Happened to Rauner here in Illinois.
Won a close race. Got 50% +/- a point or two for 2 years. His approval slid consistently for about 20 months.
Pritzker beat him in 2018 by more than 16%.
Rauner had no chance at a second term, by around May of that year.

[live love laugh]

12. So did McConnell's. So did Graham's.

Biased voting laws in their favor allow them to scoff at the polls.

The Alfred E. Neuman of politics isn’t worried.

[BlueWavePsych]

13. DeathSantis is mah Man!

[Aristus]

14. Is this it for his 2024 Presidential bid?

Or will he fail upwards like W. Bush and TFG?

[dalton99a]

15. It's a shame that the asshole is fully vaccinated

[BlueWavePsych]

18. Hypocrisy is a common GQP trait.

[Traildogbob]

16. Too late

So many are going to die with Delta entrenched and others popping up. Trump WON re-election (🤣 while maintaining mid 40’s rating for 4 years. Florida has to have voter BS like few other states; ie Rubio, Gaetz, DeSatan and the Penis headed Medicare thief working his way up to president, he wishes.

[Hulk]

17. So tired of polls...

Whether it's presidential polls, polls on approval/disapproval, or what "the public thinks/feels.

Remembering that @ 40% are die-hard tRumpf cult stooges, and probably another 40% are die hard progressive/liberals...there is ALWAYS going to be that 40% that don't move, no matter what.

Desantis has an approval rating of 43-4%...he will ALWAYS have that 40% that will never move...regardless if he runs naked through the city setting churches and synagogues on fire while chasing after 14 year old girls.

I just find these polls disheartening. I realize seeing a 12% drop in rating is significant. I just can't get too excited because so long as he has that 40% of Cuban-American cult stooge support, he is a viable threat for re-election.

[keithbvadu2]

19. No wonder DeSantis is so desperate to shift attention back to Trump's wall.

No wonder DeSantis is so desperate to shift attention back to Trump's wall.

[Chainfire]

20. Covid brought down Trump too!

[OMGWTF]

21. We were planning a big trip from DC to the FL Keys next spring, but fk it --

I don't want to go to FL now because of how irresponsible their governor is. We'll come back home to Seattle from Savannah, GA and skip FL all together until they get a grip on reality.

[IronLionZion]

29. People in the keys are more liberal

[samsingh]

22. 43.7% are in the cult of death

[BlueWavePsych]

23. 'The Pied Piper leading us off a cliff': Florida governor condemned as Covid surges

Dan Gelber, the mayor of Miami Beach, coined the term as Florida continued to set records for new cases and hospitalizations, recorded worrying increases in both deaths and rates of positivity, and led the nation in pediatric Covid admissions.

But Gelber said he thought DeSantis’s stance could backfire and end up hurting businesses.

“I’m the mayor of a hospitality town. I think most people coming here would rather be in a place that they feel safer than a place that they feel like they may be getting the virus,” he told CNN.

“He’s like the Pied Piper, just leading everybody off a cliff right now, letting them know that they don’t have to like the CDC, they don’t have to wear masks, they can do whatever they want in the midst of an enormous pandemic – and Florida, by wide margins, is easily the worst state in the country.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/05/ron-desantis-florida-governor-covid-coronavirus

[SergeStorms]

24. Not. Low. Enough.

For all the misery and death he's caused, he should be polling 0.02 (his immediate family)

Voters, especially Florida voters, have short memories. If the delta variant burns itself out, or Jeebus performs a miracle in his nightly lounge act, they'll forget all about it in 2 months, and elect more right-wing death-cult republicans.

Screw DeSatan and the horse he rode in on.

[Stuart G]

32. I do not think that voters in Florida will ever forget this...

..I do not think any more "anti maskers" will ever be elected. And, I don't think DeSantis will run
again for any other political position...Why? Because he will lose and lose very big. Going against
masks to prevent the spread of this virus has, in my opinion, destroyed his political career forever.
In order to play up to Trump, DeSantis shot himself in the very middle of his head..straight on
through to his brain. It is all over for DeSantis. As someone once said, "Hasta La Vista, Baby"

[NoMoreRepugs]

25. His insistence on NO masks in schools will hopefully

BACKFIRE on his ass - unfortunately it will be at the expense of children. Kids on ventilators MAY change some Goobers minds but it is Florida.

For the record I am a Floridian.

[Roc2020]

26. Covid has kicked the arse

of anyone so far that bet against it.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

28. Stop him before he kills again

[mcar]

31. Let's hope it goes lower

DeathSentence is killing his own people.

[Stuart G]

33. And he obviously doesn't care one bit...More important to be -"Anti Mask" than to wear one!

[IronLionZion]

35. Full Trump. He's blaming foreigners

He claims Biden's not banning travel from overseas or closing the borders is the reason why red states like Florida are having a massive increase in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths.

I guess no one travels to blue states

[obamanut2012]

40. We also don't have a border here

Except with AL and GA. He keeps talking about the border and the wall. Well, he's Governor, why is he letting all these nonexistent "infected illegals" in?

[IronLionZion]

42. To steal jobs from Americans

maybe in landscaping or construction or whatever they have in Florida that undocumented immigrants are doing. Probably a lot of hotel and restaurant jobs too for their tourism industry.

Because it certainly isn't from American vacationers or unvaxxed unmasked Floridians.

[obamanut2012]

43. Landscapers

Are basically all Latino men, with an occasional women.

I loathe him even more than Trump, I think. He is just vile.

[tavernier]

36. GOOD.

Good, Good, Good.

[ZonkerHarris]

37. Fuck around and find out. Fuck DeSantis.

[twodogsbarking]

39. What percent of dying people wish they weren't dying?

[retread]

41. Wait until after schools open and pictures of children in hospital beds start dominating the news.

[obamanut2012]

45. Exactly

We had over 130 children hospitalized for this yesterday in SOFL. Schools strat next week. It will be a savaging.

[riversedge]

49. It is up to parents now to keep their kids safe!! #WearaDamnMask!

[obamanut2012]

50. State universities and colleges start two weeks from now

We are all on edge here.

[Hassler]

46. Even Floriduh has a point when it wakes up.

[Skittles]

51. I'm thinking not allowing mask mandates in schools may be a deal-breaker

it's one thing to not give a fuck about anyone except Trump humpers but when you openly put children in danger, it truly stinks