Nearly half of the $20 million raised by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis since he launched his 2024 White House campaign in May has come from voting precincts that supported President Biden in 2020, according to a new analysis.
That revelation was one of several in a new Wall Street Journal analysis that also showed a significant number of Trump’s 2020 donors are backing other candidates this time, with DeSantis the main beneficiary. The Journal posited that DeSantis’ success in wooing Trump defectors supports his argument that he is the only candidate who can beat Biden next fall.
Earlier this month, CNN interviewed a group of “lifelong Democrat” mothers from across the country who are supporters of DeSantis because of the policies that he advocated for during the COVID pandemic.
Attorney Julie Hamill said that the group of moms, who met on social media, refer to the governor in a playful way as “Daddy DeSantis.”
“I have never voted for a Republican presidential…
