Democrats' 'Surprising' Support of Ron DeSantis in Disney Feud
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A "surprising" amount of Democrats have shown support for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in his ongoing feud with Disney in a new poll.
The poll, conducted by Harvard CAPS-Harris, asked respondents how they felt about DeSantis appointing a special oversight board that will oversee the Disney district and removes its self-governing status. According to the poll, a majority of Democrats said that they opposed DeSantis's position, but 42 percent said they supported it. Overall, the poll found 56 percent of respondents saying they supported DeSantis on this issue and 44 percent disagreed.
Brandon Rottinghaus, a professor in the political science department at the University of Houston told Newsweek that the percentage of Democrats supporting DeSantis on this is "surprising," and said, " Republicans will certainly use this as fodder to argue that limiting Disney's autonomy is supported by both parties."
The poll's findings come several months after DeSantis signed the legislation appointing the oversight board in February . Many saw the decision by DeSantis as a response to Disney's opposition to the Florida governor's "Don't Say Gay" bill, which barred discussion and instruction of gender identity and sexual orientation in some grades across schools in Florida.
When he announced the oversight board, DeSantis noted that the members may also attempt to stop Disney from "trying to inject woke ideology" through its content.
Despite the poll's findings, in April 2022, the Republican-led Florida House passed the bill removing Disney's self-governing status, and during the session, several Democratic members could be heard yelling in opposition.
The Harvard CAPS-Harris poll surveyed 1,845 registered voters from April 18 to April 19.
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So much for the disinformation being pushed by the usual sources (Trump and progressives) that this is hurting DeSantis. Even a lot of Democrats remember what it was like to not be corporatist stooges.
I thought the leftists distrusted the power large corporations and wanted them to pay their fair share of taxes...
except when the company is woke of course.
Why didn't you paste the entire article? Here's an interesting tidbit from the rest of the story: