AI, Donald Trump and DeSantis
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That’s the takeaway from the latest Yale Youth Poll, which shows both Gov. Ron DeSantis and Secretary of State Marco Rubio mired in the mid single digits at 6% and 5%, respectively, far behind the 51% backing Vice President JD Vance for first-choice support.
Ron DeSantis prepares for his last year in office, he's using his proposed budget to push for his plan to cut property taxes. The proposal he released Wednesday would have the state set aside $300 million in nonrecurring funding to cover a potential loss in property tax revenue for 32 small counties.
Florida Senate President Ben Albritton said Monday that he would prefer to wait to decide about a mid-decade congressional redistricting until after the U.S. Supreme Court rules in a Voting Rights Act case sometime next year.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in second place with 11%. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. is third at 10%, and Gov. Ron DeSantis’ 6% is good for fourth place. An additional 12% don’t know who they want, while 9% want someone else in the poll of 339 likely Primary voters conducted Dec. 1 and 2.
Florida governor urges Republicans to be bolder and draw sharper contrasts with Democrats to keep Trump-aligned voters engaged in future elections.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said President Trump’s voters may be an issue for the Republican Party during next year’s midterms because this “big pool” of people may not show up to vote without
Gov. Ron DeSantis said he's working with lawmakers on legislation aimed at protecting Floridians from the effects of rapidly developing artificial intelligence.
That comes days after Governor Ron DeSantis proposed what he calls an AI Bill of Rights. What exactly Trump’s executive order will look like is still unknown. DeSantis is already pushing back on social media, saying such an order could be illegal.
At least six states have implemented new congressional maps this year in an effort to swing or improve the Republican majority in the House.