A Hill campaign reporter said Florida's governorship candidates were fighting for grassroots participation

Reid Wilson, campaign reporter for The Hill, said Monday that the former representative. Ron DeSantisRonald Dion DeSantis: Five conclusions from the first Gillum and DeSantis debate Live coverage: Gillum's clashes with DeSantis in the Florida debate (R-Fla.) And Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum (D), are fighting for the participation of their political bases in place of centrist voters in the Florida governing race.

"It's not a fight between two people trying to appeal to the center – it's a fight between a fiery conservator and a fire progressive, and they're fighting for the turnout," he said. said Wilson, of Hill magazine's Joe Concha, on the show "What America's Thinking."

A CNN poll released Sunday showed that 54% of Florida voters said they would vote for Gillum, while 42% of them said they would vote for DeSantis.

"The fact is that Andrew Gillum, Mayor of Tallahassee, has run all the polls that have been conducted since the primaries," Wilson said. "It's going to be a good year for the Democrats."

Gillum and DeSantis clashed Sunday in a debate on CNN, highlighting the political cleavage in Florida as well as in the United States.

DeSantis attacked Gillum following an ongoing corruption investigation at the Tallahassee City Hall, while Gillum attacked DeSantis on charges of racism.

President TrumpDonald John Trump: Five Talks to Do Since Gillum and DeSantis' First Debate: GOP Warns the Economy Will Lose if Dems Takes It Gorbachev Calls Trump's Withdrawal from the Weapons Treaty "An Error" CONTINUED also played an important role in the debate, with Gillum describing DeSantis' ties with the president, while DeSantis pledged to work hand in hand with the Trump administration if she were elected.

– Julia Manchester