Wow!....lots of WEIRD people in Florida I guess. It seems voters of all races REALLY like RDS according to the last election results.
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According to
exit polls, DeSantis won 65% of
White voters, 13% of
Black voters, and 58% of
Latinos; of the latter group, DeSantis won 69% of
Cubans and 56% of
Puerto Ricans.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Florida_gubernatorial_election#cite_note-:02-6"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a> DeSantis' large margin of victory was in part due to him flipping Democratic stronghold
Miami-Dade County for the first time since
2002, and
Palm Beach County for the first time since
1986, as well as winning
Hillsborough,
Osceola,
Pinellas, and
St. Lucie counties for the first time since
2006; this was also the first gubernatorial election since 2006 in which a candidate received over 50% of the vote. His 19.4% margin of victory was the largest since
1982 and the largest for a Republican in state history, compared to 0.4% 4 years earlier. It was also the first time the governorship was won by double digits since 2002, and the first time it was won by over one million votes.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Florida_gubernatorial_election#cite_note-7"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a><a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Florida_gubernatorial_election#cite_note-BBCNewsFL-8"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a> This election was seen by many to more firmly assert Florida's status as a
red state and not a
swing state.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Florida_gubernatorial_election#cite_note-9"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a>
Significantly, Crist's 39.9% performance was the worst for a Democratic nominee for governor of Florida since
1916. Republicans won all other statewide races by double digits; this is the first time since the end of
Reconstruction that Democrats do not hold at least one of the statewide positions. DeSantis also made large gains among Hispanic voters, becoming the first Republican in decades to win a majority of those voters.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Florida_gubernatorial_election#cite_note-:02-6"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a><a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Florida_gubernatorial_election#cite_note-10"><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a> He also had a major fundraising advantage over Crist, setting an all-time record for a gubernatorial candidate.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Florida_gubernatorial_election#cite_note-11"><span>[</span>11<span>]</span></a>
Some analysts believe that this election indicates that Florida has transitioned from being a Republican-leaning
swing state into a reliable
red state.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Florida_gubernatorial_election#cite_note-12"><span>[</span>12<span>]</span></a><a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Florida_gubernatorial_election#cite_note-13"><span>[</span>13<span>]</span></a>
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