I don't disagree that Desantis has made Fla what it is today. God knows, we are going to need some serious policy changes after the Biden/Harris disaster
But he wouldn't carry the East or West Coast in an election. In fact, should he run, I would bet it would be the Bush 2004 states that wins it for him
Where exactly do you think those 1,000 residents per day are coming from?? Mostly New York, New Jersey and California.
1,000 residents a day is nothing to scoff at. If it were 1,000 residents per year, I'd say, you may be correct. These people came from places that saw heavy lockdowns and restrictions. It could also easily be due to the high taxes in the area, but IMHO it was due to mostly the restrictions.
DeSantis is far from perfect but he stuck his neck out, bucked the system, disregarded all the criticism and succeeded.