Comments by "gary K" (@garyK.45ACP) on "Kim Iversen: 'Leftugees' FLEE Blue States Amid HORRIBLE Dem Policies, DIRE Need For Self-Reflection" video.

  1. Florida now has more registered Republicans than Democrats for the first time ever. Trump's margin of victory in Florida was 3 times greater in 2020 than it was in 2016. DeSantis was elected the same year we finally got rid of "New York's 3rd Senator", Bill Nelson and replaced him with a Republican. Florida alone, in 2022, will flip enough House seats to take control back for the Republicans. The situation you fear is not happening this time...at least not yet.
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  2.  @williamfranz9872  The point was that they have not changed Florida into a "blue state", quite the opposite. The Constitution allows states' legislatures the power to draw district lines, and to determine how their electors are chosen for the Presidential election. Changing either requires a Constitutional Amendment. The Supreme Court has already ruled it is not a venue for federal courts to control. Any way you cut it, NY has to divide a smaller pie. NY, IL and CA have lost power in the House. TX, FL, TN have gained power. Period. They can divide the pie any way they want, but they are getting a smaller slice. The states gaining seats are all "red states". The house will flip, just on re-districting. The biggest loss for Dems in Florida is the Dade/Broward/Palm Beach county area. It shifted far more to the right in 2020 and current polls give DeSantis and Rubio the lead in those, previously, reliably "blue" areas. In fact, if a Dem got elected statewide, it was only because of the massive number of votes they piled up in those counties. Redistricting can't change that, and the Dems are going to lose a couple of long term Democrat seats in that area. A Democrat Gubernatorial or Senatorial candidate has no chance unless they carry all three of those counties...by a LOT. I don't think this shift is permanent but don't underestimate how much Floridians really like DeSantis and Rubio.
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  3.  @williamfranz9872  More news. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) announced today she is "retiring". Polls show her current district (held by a Republican until 2014) is swinging back "red" and a Republican will win in 2022.
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  4. I don't think it is so much the liberals leaving, liberals LIKE it in CA. We should remember that the state that produced the most votes for Trump, TWICE, was California. But their votes didn't "count" because they were less than 50% of the total. It is the Trump voters, the gunowners, the business owners, the entrepreneurs, fleeing CA...and NY and IL and MI, PA, NJ for Texas and Florida. Florida now has more registered Republicans than registered Democrats for the first time EVER. When Trump won Florida, twice, when DeSantis won and Scott won, twice, before that...there were more registered Dems than Republicans. Imagine what it will be now! No wonder the major national Democrat donor organizations are pulling support for statewide Dem candidates in Florida. They aren't going to waste their money. Governor DeSantis has done a great job, and I can't wait to vote for him again! The Democrats, in 2018, had nominated an actual crackhead to run against him. I can't even imagine where we would be now if Andrew Gillum had been elected.
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