Opinion: DeSantis 2024?

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(02-24-2021, 08:57 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Did you just compare an entire state to a city?  (I'm honestly not sure, maybe I'm reading this wrong)

His point was that, while Florida has areas that aren't as densely populated, they do have heavily populated cities that make up the majorty of their population.  In order: Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, Orlando, St. Petersberg, Hialeah.  All in the top 100 in the US in terms of most populated cities.


And I've said this point before, but we keep returning to the same comparison. (Florida vs. New York)  I understand OP has mentioned this but this thread has gone for 5 pages, with many posters having different discussions.  So why are we so hung up on only using New York to show Florida's failures?

How about we tackle one of the other 2 dozen states that have fared worse?  Because you can't continue rolling out population density for each and every one of them.

I'll say it again, if Florida's approach was as bad as people have painted out to be, reckless and irresponsible, to the point of their death totals being solely placed on DeSantis' hands in this thread, then they should be way up on the leaderboard in pretty much every Covid related category there is. 

If he/they have done such a terrible job then the numbers should clearly demonstrat that.  But they really don't, do they?  I'm sorry, they just don't.

Fwiw, I'm not a big DeSantis guy, nor would I describe myself as a Republican.  I just think people are going to extreme lengths to paint this dude as a monster, not at all driven by actual data but by hyperpartisan bs.

I think your comment about using NY is a bit backwards. DeSantis supporters are attempting to use NY to show that FL is a success while others are explaining that if you apply any basic context, NY does not show any degree of success for FL. 

Dino is wrong to compare the city density to the state density, but their largest city of Jacksonville has a population density of 1160 people per square mile, so I'm not sure there's a reason to bring up large Florida cities when none of them are close to comparing to NYC. Majority of those cities are 5 to 10 times less densely populated and Miami is half as densely populated. None come close to the sheer size of NYC or its share of the population. Point being, seeking to compare FL as a success relative to NY, as the OP tried to in the thread, without any context is illogical.