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Is Donald Trump now more of an electoral hindrance than a help, even in his home state of Florida, where one candidate has talked down his links with the US president. In this episode, we hear Anthony鈥檚 reporting from Florida where the race to replace Ron DeSantis as governor won鈥檛 be an easy win for Republicans. Byron Donalds is looking to become Florida's first African American governor. He has Trump's endorsement and is a loyal MAGA supporter of the president, but in recent weeks, he鈥檚 played down his association with the president on his campaign website. He isn鈥檛 the only Republican candidate to do so. What does that tell us about how Republicans are messaging in this state, and beyond? Sarah and Anthony also discuss the issues most important to Republican voters with five weeks go to before November鈥檚 midterm elections, and where early voting has already started. HOSTS: 鈥 Sarah Smith, 麻豆社 North America Editor 鈥 Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent GET IN TOUCH: 鈥 Join our online community: https://discord.gg/qSrxqNcmRB 鈥 Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 鈥 Email Americast@bbc.co.uk 鈥 Or use #Americast This episode was made by George Dabby with Alix Pickles and Nik Sindle. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Purvee Pattni. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham. If you want to be notified every time we publish a new episode, please subscribe to us on 麻豆社 Sounds by hitting the subscribe button on the app. You can now listen to Americast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask 麻豆社 Sounds to play Americast鈥. It works on most smart speakers. US Election Unspun: Sign up for Anthony鈥檚 麻豆社 newsletter: /news/world-us-canada-68093155 Americast is part of the 麻豆社 News Podcasts family of podcasts. The team that makes Americast also makes lots of other podcasts, including Newscast. If you enjoy Americast (and if you're reading this then you hopefully do), then we think that you will enjoy some of our other pods too. See links below. Newscast: /sounds/series/p05299nl Top Comment: /sounds/brand/m001mssm Radical: /sounds/brand/p0gg4k6r The Global Story: /sounds/brand/w13xtvsd
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