A.G. Gancarski
New polling says just 20% of Americans want Florida’s Governor to run for President.
The survey of 1,500 adult citizens from YouGov, conducted between June 24 and June 27, reveals just one in five respondents want Ron DeSantis in the 2024 presidential race. Meanwhile, 51% of respondents do not want him to run, with the remaining 29% not sure how they feel.
Among women, the mood is even more sour toward DeSantis ’24. Fourteen percent of those surveyed want him in the race, with 53% opposed to him running, and the remainder unsure. Meanwhile, 26% of men are amenable to DeSantis’ candidacy.
A plurality of Donald Trump voters from 2020 want him to run, with 39% in favor and 31% against, and a plurality of Republicans feel the same (36% to 30%). But all other demographics are sour on the proposition.
Just 23% of White voters, 15% of Hispanic voters and 13% of Black voters want the Governor in the presidential race, with 49% of White and Hispanic voters and 54% of Black voters opposed to him running at all.
When responses are broken down by voter age, it’s clear there’s no generation gap when it comes to a DeSantis candidacy.
Just 16% of voters under 30 and 17% of those between 30 and 44 years of age want him to run, and older voters are just marginally more supportive. Only 22% of those 45 to 64 years old want him in the race, while the 23% of those 65 and older who want him running represent a high-water mark of sorts.
Majorities of voters making under $50,000 a year (51%) and more than $100,000 annually (54%) oppose him running, while 49% of those who make between $50,000 and $100,000 feel the same.
Independent voters are also sour on a DeSantis candidacy. Just 16% of them want DeSantis in the race, with 47% opposed and the remainder unsure.
The Governor’s attempts to appeal to the rightward flank in the Primary haven’t even helped with conservatives. Just 38% want him in the field, with 28% opposed.
Likewise, urban, suburban and rural voters may have different lifestyles, but they share the same disposition toward the DeSantis campaign. Just 16% of urbanites, 22% of suburbanites, and 23% of rural residents back him running.
YouGov also canvassed the GOP Primary, and as is the case with most polling in recent months, respondents resoundingly back Donald Trump, 52% to 25%, over DeSantis.
11 comments
Dont Say FLA
June 28, 2023 at 1:48 pm
Rhonda is only running for Veep anyways. That’s why they continue their deference to Trump.
Look at me i’m Rhonda Dee
I want to be US VP
John Lentini
June 28, 2023 at 2:05 pm
Rhonda Santis and his culture wars are only attractive to Extreme MAGAs, and they prefer TFG. Signing a 6-week abortion ban did him no favors with the vast majority of Americans who oppose forced birth. He needs a miracle to win the nomination and an apocalypse to win the presidency.
Silly Wabbit
June 28, 2023 at 3:56 pm
He kwazy.
Ron Forrest Ron
June 28, 2023 at 4:46 pm
I want Ron to run for President. That way when his MAGA woke nonsense platform fails, nobody can finger point at Trump and say it’s Trump, we need a better vessel. It’s not Trump. It’s the nonsense, and Ron losing to Biden is the quickest cure for the GOP.
Rob Desantos
June 28, 2023 at 8:15 pm
1 Casey Desantis wants him to run, and that’s the only number that matters.
Linwood Wright
June 28, 2023 at 9:41 pm
In a related poll, 1 in 5 people are morons.
Casey’s second husband’s friend
June 29, 2023 at 6:41 am
You know Casey is one of the four…she wants a tall college teacher with a brain.
Dont Say FLA
June 29, 2023 at 7:47 am
Can you blame her, though? Rhonda sails the seas. Rhonda does as they please.
Dave Seminara
June 29, 2023 at 4:14 pm
Typically DISHONEST reporting from Florida Politics. Notice there is no mention of Joe Biden here for context. Go to page 56 of the poll and you discover that 22% want Joe Biden to run and 63% do NOT want him to run. That’s negative 41%. For DeSantis, the corresponding figures are 20% and 51%, minus 31%. So the headline could have been More Voters Oppose Biden Candidacy Than DeSantis.
Dave Seminara
June 29, 2023 at 4:32 pm
Waah, whataboutism, woke, buttery males, Ben Gozzy, hunters laptop, my poor tiny governor, waaaaaah!
Dont Say FLA
June 30, 2023 at 12:22 pm
Dave, it’s the GOP that’s having a presidential primary
GOP is not sure who they are going to throw at Biden in 2024, therefore opinion polls about GOP primary candidates are somewhat newsworthy.
The headline could have been about Biden, but the Democrats are running Biden again, no matter what, so his numbers are not particularly newsworthy.
Now, talking about DISHONESTY, FP did not misreport anything here. However, Dave, you sure did.
The table of contents on that poll shows that page 56 contains (table) 24, Trial Heat – Trump V DeSantis, not something about Biden v DeSantis. Maybe you confused one geezer for another. That would be totally understandable.
“24. Trial Heat – Trump V DeSantis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56”
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