In an excerpt from his new book, “The Courage to Be Free: Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Survival,” out Feb. 28, 2023, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reveals how he won a seco…
, and keeping his state open during the pandemic, the Yale-educated former Naval officer has gained national attention and hundreds of thousands of new residents to Florida.The Courage to Be Free: Florida’s Blueprint for America’s SurvivalMy first term as governor was a whirlwind. I rejected using polls as a guide for governance because leadership is about shaping public opinion, not merely reacting to it.
The governor won his second election by a record-setting 1.5 million votes in a state known for razor-thin election margins.The November 2022 election provided the answer. While winning reelection was not something that was guaranteed, the odds seemed good at the outset.
DeSantis said he was able to win, and by a wide margin, by “taking the road less traveled” in the face of spreading progressivism.It was a dominating performance that saw us winning independent voters by more than 15 percentage points, winning nearly 60% of Hispanic voters, winning a majority of women voters, and winning the highest percentage of black voters of any Republican gubernatorial candidate in modern Florida history.
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