Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at a press conference to announce the opening of a monoclonal antibody treatment site for COVID-19 patients at Lakes Church in Lakeland, Florida. DeSantis stated that the site will offer the Regeneron treatment, and will operate 7 days a week, treating 300 patients a day. (Photo by Paul Hennessy / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.
Last updated on July 18th, 2023 at 01:38 pm
Gov. Ron DeSantis has seen his net approval rating fall fourteen points in Florida, while in Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is down a net seven points.
Via: The Morning Consult poll of Florida and Texas, “The first-term Florida governor’s net approval rating – the share of voters who approve of his job performance minus the share who disapprove – has fallen 14 percentage points since the beginning of July, larger than the 7-point drop in sentiment about Abbott over the same time period. “
DeSantis and Abbott both have identical 48% approval ratings. Disapproval for DeSantis is 48% and disapproval for Abbott is at 47%.
Abbott has an approval rating with Republicans of 79%. DeSantis is even more popular with Republicans in Florida with an 83% approval rating.
The problem for both is with Independents. DeSantis has seen his approval rating fall with Independents by ten points, from 50% to 40%, and his disapproval has gone up by 13 points to 51%.
Abbott has gone from a 41% approval rating with Independents to 38%, and his disapproval has increased from 48% to 54%.
Among Democrats, both governors have approval ratings of less than 25%.
DeSantis wants to be the Republican presidential nominee in 2024, but if he can’t maintain popularity with Independents in Florida, he has no chance of beating Joe Biden in a reelection campaign.
Abbott, like DeSantis, decided that exposing children to COVID was good politics.
He was wrong.
The sinking approval ratings of Abbott and DeSantis are a warning to all Republicans that anti-COVID safety politics are a losing issue.
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