A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that most Americans care far less about the so-called war on woke than Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has aimed to make his ongoing battle with the Walt Disney Co. over LGBTQ issues a centerpiece of his likely campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
The survey of 1,584 U.S. adults, which was conducted from May 5 to 8, finds that fewer consider “wokeness” a “big problem” in America today than any other option provided, including inflation , breaching the debt ceiling and border security .
But even though some of those Republicans may reward DeSantis for his efforts in a potential GOP presidential primary, the poll also offers three clues as to why continuing to obsess over Disney is unlikely to give DeSantis a big boost if he makes it to next year’s general election. Second, not many Americans say they've heard"a lot" about the Disney-DeSantis battle, and the ones whoheard a lot are much more likely to be viewers of MSNBC than of Fox News or CNN — and much less likely to be DeSantis voters as result.
DeSantis's top rival for the GOP nod, former President Donald Trump, seems to have sensed the disconnect."DeSanctus is being absolutely destroyed by Disney," TrumpThe good news for the Florida governor is that the Americans whoinvested tend to be the ones who vote in Republican presidential primaries. Nearly two-thirds of voters who identify as Republicans or Republican-leaning independents now see Disney unfavorably; just 27% have a favorable view of the company.
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