A.G. Gancarski
During his presidential campaign, Ron DeSantis was encouraged to wait his turn so Donald Trump could run for the White House again. A new survey suggests, however, that the Florida Governor’s window may be closed by then.
An Echelon Insights survey of 395 Republican likely voters shows DeSantis with 14% support in the very hypothetical early sample of a 2028 race, good for second place.
Ahead of the Governor: vice presidential nominee JD Vance of Ohio, who is at 25%.
DeSantis is ahead of everyone but Vance. His closest national competition: Vivek Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley, who have 10% and 9%, respectively.
Meanwhile, other “Florida man” candidates are in also-ran status in the Echelon survey. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, who has been floated as Secretary of State if Trump is elected, has 2% support. And U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds is further back, at 1%.
DeSantis hasn’t offered much in the way of public comment on Vance being Trump’s running mate, though he has been supportive of the ticket. But he has also done work to keep his name in the national conversation.
He addressed Iowa Republicans at a lunch at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, saying he wouldn’t pick President Joe Biden to be on a “mosquito control board” at that event.
Meanwhile, August promises more political travel for DeSantis. He will go to Washington, where Republicans seek to raise $1 million for Trump.
Indeed, in recent weeks, DeSantis has been fundraising for the former President, and hopes are that he can help Trump’s operation get a $10 million boost.
During the 2022 cycle, DeSantis went to Ohio to help Vance get elected to the Senate, but the Hillbilly Elegy author endorsed Trump in January 2023, even before the Governor got into the presidential race. (He was waiting until the Legislative Session ended to make it official.)
The DeSantis rally with Vance was staged by the conservative group Turning Point USA. The Governor was greeted with a standing ovation at the Ohio event, where he stressed his familial ties to Youngstown before offering his wisdom.
DeSantis’ comments about his future intentions have been all over the place, meanwhile, but he clearly is not closing the door on higher office.
“Oh, I haven’t ruled anything out. I mean, I think that, you know, we’re still in this election cycle so it’s presumptuous to say, you know, this or that. I think a lot happens in politics,” DeSantis said in February, addressing the 2028 question during a call with people who pledged to be his delegates at the GOP Convention.
“We’ll see what the future holds,” DeSantis said to a radio host in Iowa back in January, suggesting that he was indeed striving to keep the band together.
“Most of the people that supported me, whether activists, whether volunteers, whether fundraisers, you know, they’re all on board, you know, for what the future holds. So we’ll be active,” DeSantis promised.
More recently, the Governor told Fox News Channel viewers that he didn’t “have any plans for the future” when asked about a future run by Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures.
8 comments
Kamala Is Brat
July 23, 2024 at 2:15 pm
JD Vance is having his 15 minutes of fame ….. he will be thrown under the clown bus as soon as Republicans go down in flames in November. Think Sarah Palin! Remember the Caribou Bobbie clown act?
DeSantis is finished on the national stage. One of the most disgusting despicable Republican presidential candidate. Florida’s young people need to register to vote! Get your own DEI certification from miserable hateful Republicans!
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Tom
July 23, 2024 at 2:48 pm
Over the years, there has been no shortage of Governors who though stepping up on the big stage was for them but failed miserably. Were he not so anti pretty-much-everything, maybe Peter Thiel would have got behind him as it were. Oh well …
MH/Duuuval
July 23, 2024 at 3:47 pm
Harold Stassen ring a bell?
Michael K
July 23, 2024 at 4:12 pm
Funny.
I used to think people like Peter Thiel and Musk (who has disowned his trans daughter) lack a moral compass or principle. Well, they probably do, but Mayor Pete explained why they throw their money at Republican politicians:
“We’ve made it way too complicated. It’s super simple. These are very rich men who have decided to back the Republican party that tends to do good things for very rich men.”
As long as we're being honest
July 23, 2024 at 7:13 pm
The advocate just ran an article today. Vivian disowned him when he opposed her transition. I just don’t like non-facts. And since we’re on the topic. Rich people throw their money at both parties often at the same time and for similar reasons. Big tech billionaires comes to mind. Wall Street bailout under Obama and Wall Street was more in favor of Hillary (and now Harris). But I know we’re not supposed to say these things out loud. I used to review campaign contributions for a global financial firm. The truth is rich people hedge their bets and usually throw at both parties. When you’re high up enough, the parties don’t matter. That stuff is for the little guy.
As for the article, I think the G0P is going to be scrambling until they can figure out a way forward post-Dobbs and all the backlash in red states. They painted themselves into a corner. DeSantis especially. The younger gen new talent will have this as their headwinds for a long time. It will moot all other messaging. I see a path where Vance and DeSantis compete from different wings of the party and cancel each other out. They might hang around but nothing close to what they aspired to. So that should be interesting to watch.
Elvis [FKA EARL] Pitts American
July 23, 2024 at 7:54 pm
Good evening America,
Myself, JD, Ron and the increadably Beautiful Casey have already come to agreement on a 2028 “DESANTIS/VANCE POTUS/VPOTUS 2028 TICKIT !!!!!!
ELVIS
*everyone may now relax their sphincters*
rick whitaker
July 26, 2024 at 5:40 pm
SPHINCTERMAN HAS FARTED A POST
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