(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . If The Truth Doesn't Work For you . . . [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-04-02 Image by https://pixabay.com/users/geralt https://www.foxnews.com/politics/desantis-rips-manhattan-da-braggs-flimsy-trump-indictment-new-york-speech-agenda-not-rule-law "DeSantis further spoke in Long Island about his "blueprint for Florida" meant to serve as a model for the rest of the nation. "The Democratic Party in the state of Florida is dead, dead, dead right now," DeSantis said, referencing his historic, nearly 20-point win in the November 2022 election. "We've really had a fundamental shift in our electorate. When I got elected governor, we had almost 300,000 more registered Democrats in Florida than Republicans. And we had never in the history of the state had more registered Republicans and registered Democrats," he continued. "Well, fast-forward four and a half years later, we now have almost 450,000 more registered republicans than democrats." * * * * * * Republicans love to make shit up so they appear to be more popular than they are, so you will believe extremist MAGA politicians are who the American people want to govern the country. The 2022 midterms proved that belief to be false. They are so afraid of the truth and doubly afraid their believers will become woke, using any of the constantly changing definitions that suit their purpose. They know their followers won't fact check them, because they want to believe the lies. But people who actually have brains - and use them - know how to do simple searches and find the truth for themselves. Democrats are WOKE! they exclaim, as if being woke was a new sexually transmitted disease they can get just by reading the truth. Being woke is so much better then being purposefully ignorant. What new word will they make up next? Republicans cherry pick facts, leaving out information that would allow their followers to have a better understanding of reality. By not including the 4,044,690 voters who have no party affiliation it would appear republicans have the upperhand. If they lose an election they can then pretend to be aghast and declare it had to be stolen! But if they can't win over this voting block and rely on registered MAGA republicans, which is not all republicans, how can Trump possibly get mill-i-ons and mill-i-ons more votes than he did in 2020 when he lost to Biden by more than 7,000,000 votes? Did it work when they kept yelling the election was stolen? Nope, he still isn't president except in the minds of some far gone nutcases. FACTS Voter Registration - By Party Affiliation Webpage last updated: March 10, 2023. Data as of February 28, 2023. Republican Party of Florida 5,303,811 Florida Democratic Party 4,866,821 NO Party Affiliation 4,044,690 Here are a few links where you can educate yourself - if you need it: Read “Florida’s Changing Electorate: More Racially/Ethnically and Age Diverse” in JMI’s Fall 2018 Journal here: https://jamesmadison.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Journal_Fall2018_FL_Electorate-1.pdf Projections are that Florida’s population will continue to diversify. Racial/ethnic minorities will become an even larger share of the state’s residents and the generational divide will deepen. According to new studies of U.S. Census data, racial minorities have been identified as “the primary demographic engine of the nation’s future growth, countering an aging, slow-growing and soon to be declining white population.” William H. Frey, “The U.S. Will Become Minority White in 2045, Census Projects,” The Brookings Institution, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2018/03/14/the-us-will-become-minority-white-in-2045-census-projects/ [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/2/2161690/-If-The-Truth-Doesn-t-Work-For-you Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/