The Democratic Black Mayor of Florida’s capital Tallahassee, Andrew Gillum, is ahead of Republican Rep.DeSantis, with Democratic voters and by 34% with Independent voters….
Can he keep his lead? ….
Win ?….
And carry Florida Democratic US Senator Nelson with him?
Democrat Andrew Gillum leads Republican Rep. Ron DeSantis (Fla.) by 5 points in the race for the Florida governor’s mansion, according to the first publicly released poll since the state’s primary elections on Tuesday.
The survey was commissioned by Florida Democratic consultant Christian Ulvert and conducted by the Democratic polling firm Public Policy Polling (PPP) from Aug. 29-30 — just after Gillum and DeSantis secured their parties’ nominations. The margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Forty-eight percent of the 743 voters surveyed chose Gillum, the current mayor of Tallahassee and a self-styled progressive, in the match-up, while 43 percent said they would cast their ballots for DeSantis.
Among independents — a massive voting bloc in the state — Gillum leads DeSantis by 34 points, the poll found…..
image…nbcnews.com
If ANYONE did NOT think race was gonna be a factor in the Florida Governor’s race?
They can pack THAT away….
twitter…
Liz Charboneau
@lizchar
Liz Charboneau Retweeted Alazar Moges
Holy shit.
“The automated calls are narrated by someone pretending to be Gillum and using an exaggerated minstrel dialect with jungle noises in the background.”
Alazar Moges
@zarzarbinkss
racist robocalls against Andrew Gillum paid for by a neo-Nazi group in Idaho are going out to voters in Tallahassee
Why I’m shocked!
People may give DeSantis the benefit of a doubt….
I don’t…
And his comment is the first of many that will be aimed at the right and white voters in Florida…
There will be more of this….
And probably worst….
I expect white nationalists to flock to DeSantis campaign (if they arent already there) for to his “monkey it up” comment