Next, let’s examine Trump’s guiding political strategy vs. Gov. DeSantis’ political strategy. Trump’s strategy has been to hold his base together. He’s been successful at that. Gov. DeSantis’ strategy has been to grow the Florida GOP. Gov. DeSantis hasn’t just been successful at expanding the Florida GOP. He’s been wildly successful at it. First, Florida’s population has exploded compared with other states.

Next, when Gov. DeSantis took over as governor, registered Democrats outnumbered registered Republicans by 350,000. After Gov. DeSantis got re-elected, registered Republicans outnumbered registered Democrats by 400,000. That’s a swing of 750,000 voters. Further, Gov. DeSantis won re-election by 1,500,000 votes, which means that Gov. DeSantis didn’t just hold his base together. He didn’t just grow his base. He won independents by a big margin, too.

By comparison, Donald Trump hasn’t grown his base. In politics, if you aren’t growing, you’re losing.