Florida swing voters view Ron DeSantis as too extreme

• One is registered as a Republican, four as independents, and seven as Democrats.

Of note: While a focus group is not a statistically significant sample like a poll, the responses show how some voters are thinking and talking about current events.

The big picture: Some regretted voting for Biden — citing what they called a lack of action and unkept promises— and several said he makes them feel bored, hopeless and apathetic, but none would take Trump back.

• No one in the group wanted DeSantis as president, saying he was more extreme than Trump.

Some called his actions, like ending Disney's self-governing status and removing Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren from office, power plays to appeal to Trump voters.

What they're saying: "He's trying to be like, like the God of Florida instead of being the governor of Florida," one respondent said.

Zoom in: None of the respondents supported Florida's Parental Rights in Education Act, dubbed by critics as "Don't Say Gay," or the Stop WOKE Act.

• But they all agreed with the governor's resistance to transgender health care for minors, Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming healthcare for trans adults and transgender women and girls in sports.

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