Not a lame duck: Ron DeSantis still above water with Florida voters

Ron DeSantis
Meanwhile, some of his backers are voting Democrat in this year's election.

Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to weather the storm politically in Florida, maintaining overall favorability above 50%.

According to a survey of 860 likely voters conducted by Emerson College between Oct. 18 and Oct. 20, the second-term Republican has 51% approval against 41% disapproval, showing a durable mandate even as his time in Tallahassee is running out.

The Governor is largely defined along partisan lines, a meaningful metric in a poll with more than an R+7 sample.

The survey found 93% of DeSantis supporters disapprove of President Joe Biden, seemingly in spite of the Governor’s recent appreciation for the White House’s response to Hurricane Milton. Among those who disapprove of DeSantis, 73% approve of Biden.

However, the poll points to potential crossover voters, who like DeSantis but will vote for Kamala Harris over Donald Trump, and Debbie Mucarsel-Powell over U.S. Sen. Rick Scott.

When respondents are forced to choose between the major candidates, 8% of those who like the Governor say they will vote for the Vice President, who DeSantis has called a “vapid San Francisco liberal” and “impeachment insurance” for Biden. And 9% of DeSantis haters will support Trump in this year’s election.

Similarly, 10% of DeSantis fans will vote for the Democratic Senate challenger, while 7% of the anti-DeSantis contingent will cast ballots for Scott.

Meanwhile, the Governor is up slightly with independents, with 45% approval and 43% disapproval.

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. His work also can be seen in the Washington Post, the New York Post, the Washington Times, and National Review, among other publications. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski


10 comments

  • Joe

    October 23, 2024 at 10:46 am

    We’ll see how he fares as his current Amendment 4 media-censorship scandal plays out… A short lil guv like Tiny D is always in danger of going underwater.

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    • MH/Duuuval

      October 23, 2024 at 2:35 pm

      Poor Dee is worn out from his hurricane(s) duty and forgot his velvet glove when it comes to the right of the people to make electoral decisions for themselves.

      Proof positive, for all time, the guy is an authoritarian — the anteroom to single-party rule.

      • MH/Duuuval

        October 23, 2024 at 10:05 pm

        Trump-brand fascism is marked by “obsessive preoccupation with community decline, humiliation or victimhood.”

        No ideas or plans but prejudices and transactional alteration of goals: Today I hate EVs, tomorrow I love them because the world’s richest man convinced me it was the correct path forward.

  • A Day without Electric on Election Day

    October 24, 2024 at 7:58 am

    He wants be above water,when a hurricane impact Florida on election day,with power outage at polling places ,it will make Florida look like a banana Republic too the world Google Florida November Hurricane Forecast

  • A Day without Desantis Schemes

    October 24, 2024 at 8:00 am

    Will Floridian be allowed to vote after election, because of power outage around most of the state, because of Hurricane Patty Cat 5 wind Google Hurricane Patty Florida

  • Tom Palmer

    October 24, 2024 at 6:06 pm

    51 percent is not exactly a groundswell. He actually acted like a governor for a change during the hurricanes, but the rest of his administration has been disappointing.

  • Tom Palmer

    October 24, 2024 at 6:06 pm

    51 percent is not exactly a groundswell. He actually acted like a governor for a change during the hurricanes, but the rest of his administration has been disappointing.

    • MH/Duuuval

      October 25, 2024 at 10:59 am

      Dee was bullied at home, which is why his parents make no public appearances.

  • Harry Almerico

    October 28, 2024 at 3:37 pm

    He has been fair to Florida.

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