Your calibration may be right. A second Trump term would signal an existential threat to our system of government that could be triggered at any time. A first DeSantis term may signal that voters really don’t mind seeing it all burn down. Of course, all this discussion is in a vacuum. There has to be a credible alternative making either one unpalatable. I don’t think enough GOP primary voters will choose someone else. So the Democrats have to offer that choice (and an 80+ Joe Biden may not be that person).
Your calibration may be right. A second Trump term would signal an existential threat to our system of government that could be triggered at any time. A first DeSantis term may signal that voters really don’t mind seeing it all burn down. Of course, all this discussion is in a vacuum. There has to be a credible alternative making either one unpalatable. I don’t think enough GOP primary voters will choose someone else. So the Democrats have to offer that choice (and an 80+ Joe Biden may not be that person).