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Why did the Moderate White voters and Conservative Black voters in FL elected DeSantis instead of (Original Post) nkpolitics1212 May 2022 OP
Damned if I know, my dear nkpolitisc1212! CaliforniaPeggy May 2022 #1
I think racism and the fear of a progressive candidate explain why moderate whites voted red. LonePirate May 2022 #2
Gillum was painted from the beginning of his campaign as a socialist radical noodle May 2022 #3
What was the precentage of Black voters who went red? brush May 2022 #4
"Democratic Socialism" scared Hispanic voters and many others. YorkRd May 2022 #5
If I remember, he didn't lose by much Deuxcents May 2022 #6
Gwen Graham and Andrew Gillum should have ran as Governor /Lt Governor. nkpolitics1212 May 2022 #7

CaliforniaPeggy

(151,887 posts)
1. Damned if I know, my dear nkpolitisc1212!
Wed May 11, 2022, 11:52 PM
May 2022

I wasn't paying a lot of attention.

And your question is a very good one. I hope someone who does have a clue will come along and tell us!

LonePirate

(13,874 posts)
2. I think racism and the fear of a progressive candidate explain why moderate whites voted red.
Thu May 12, 2022, 12:12 AM
May 2022

I am guessing opposition to a progressive candidate is why conservative black voters went red.

radical noodle

(8,395 posts)
3. Gillum was painted from the beginning of his campaign as a socialist
Thu May 12, 2022, 12:22 AM
May 2022

I don't know if that's the reason, but I suspect it might be. I thought Gwen Graham might have won.

brush

(57,219 posts)
4. What was the precentage of Black voters who went red?
Thu May 12, 2022, 12:25 AM
May 2022

Also the percentage of Latino voters and Asian American voters who went red?

It's important to give those numbers because of the way you phrased your post...making it seem like Black voters were a huge part of that red result. I'm betting that it was a small minority of Black voters and conversely majority of Latino voters afraid of the socialism bogeyman the Gillum was painted as.

YorkRd

(349 posts)
5. "Democratic Socialism" scared Hispanic voters and many others.
Thu May 12, 2022, 12:25 AM
May 2022

Democrats scare middle class voters of all types but when most hear about “socialism” they think Maduro, Ortega or Castro and not Denmark. Heck, Denmark had to come out and say they were capitalist.

nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts)
7. Gwen Graham and Andrew Gillum should have ran as Governor /Lt Governor.
Thu May 12, 2022, 10:40 AM
May 2022

It would have been like the Hillary Clinton/Barack Obama ticket of FL except Gwen Graham is Bob Graham’s daughter not wife.

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