Swing State Voters Approve DeSantis Agenda

By Rachel Morris | Sunday, 17 July 2022 04:45 PM
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Swing State Voters Approve DeSantis Agenda

Voters in battleground states approve of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' education policy positions due to a survey issued Thursday by the American Federation of Teachers.

The poll, which surveyed 1,758 likely voters in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, discovered that:

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•    56% answered they were much more likely or somewhat more likely to vote for candidates who think that public schools should concentrate less on teaching students regarding race and racism and more on core academic subjects and who think that parents should have more say over what their children learn in school
•    54% stated they were much more likely or somewhat more likely to vote for candidates who think that parents should have the option to decide whether their child gets instruction on gender and transgender matters and who favor legislation to prevent transgender students who were born as males from competing in girls’ athletics
•    52% announced they were much more likely or somewhat more likely to vote for candidates who think that schools have to stop teaching young children that people can have more than one gender or no gender, who says white students should not be shamed over matters of race and racism and who say schools must stop "grooming" students by encouraging them to question their gender identity or sexual preference
•    50% announced they were much more likely or somewhat more likely to vote for candidates who think that schools should not teach students that they have special advantages because of their race or ethnic background
•    44% stated they were much more likely or somewhat more likely to vote for candidates who back legislation that would ban the teaching of critical race theory, or CRT, in public schools

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DeSantis, who has not declared a run for president in 2024, in March signed a bill that prohibits instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.

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In 2021, he signed into law the Fairness in Women's Sports Act, which bans transgender athletes in girls and women's sports from middle school through college, including intramural competitions in the state.

Throughout an address at Tampa's Moms For Liberty summit Friday, he touted the Parental Rights Bill.

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"We're not going to have some first grader be told — you know — 'Your parents named you Johnny. You were born a boy, but maybe you are really a girl.' That is inappropriate to be doing in school, and we're not going to allow that to happen in Florida," DeSantis stated.

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