For clues about a Ron DeSantis campaign agenda, look to the Florida Legislature

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Among them are major proposals to expand gun rights, further restrict diversity efforts at public universities and expand the ability to sue media outlets for defamation -- all measures that shed light on the direction of a prospective presidential bid by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
47% : A "constitutional carry" measure -- as conservatives gun rights activists call the bill -- or "permitless carry" -- the term preferred by gun safety and gun control activists, as well as neutral groups -- would eliminate the requirement.
45% :Those same two bills would also expand the "Parental Rights in Education" law that critics call the "Don't Say Gay" bill by extending a ban on teaching students about sexual orientation and gender identity through the eighth grade (the current law implemented such a ban through third grade).
44% : Conservatives have celebrated his 2022 "Stop WOKE Act," which in effect curtailed conversations about race in schools; his pressure on the College Board, which appeared to prompt the group to water down its Advanced Placement African American studies course (the group claims it didn't make the changes because of DeSantis); and his retaliation against Disney after it objected to a piece of legislation -- dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by critics -- to restrict teaching young students about sexual orientation and gender identity.
33% : Notably, the bill would also classify allegations of discrimination against other people on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity as defamation.

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