A.G. Gancarski
Gov. Ron DeSantis may have a tough time in the next presidential race.
That’s a takeaway from a new Echelon Insights survey, which finds the former presidential candidate nearly 30 points behind the 2028 front-runner, Vice President-elect JD Vance.
The Ohio Republican is at 37%, and is the only name listed in double digits in the poll of GOP and GOP-leaning voters.
DeSantis’ 8% is good for fourth place behind two other former 2024 candidates: former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy, who is running the Department of Government Efficiency with Elon Musk.
Another Florida man isn’t far behind DeSantis.
Secretary of State nominee Marco Rubio, who DeSantis has to replace in the Senate, is at 5%. Rubio is tied with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.
The survey was released Tuesday, as the DeSantis-adjacent RON PAC sent out a fundraising appeal touting support for Donald Trump, who is eligible to serve just one term.
“Trump was just one of many RON PAC-supported candidates who won their elections. We’re proud to have contributed to this year’s victories, especially in some of the tightest races, like Senator-Elect Dave McCormick,” the message reads.
DeSantis was at 14% in another Echelon Insights poll over the Summer. In that survey, Vance was at 25%.
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,” 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 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.
8 comments
Skeptic
November 19, 2024 at 3:17 pm
Duh Santis is going to appoint a place saver in Rubio’s seat (Casey?) and run for Senate in 2026. Duh.
The Cat In The MAGA Hat
November 19, 2024 at 3:43 pm
Republican are doomed,for 100 years,their is not enough White Spiteful People to ever for a Republican to be President, minorities that voted for Trump are coming to their senses,I think Harris should dust off her boots and run again
SallyB
November 19, 2024 at 5:12 pm
LOL You’re delusional. It isn’t all about Trump. The Democratic Party has been losing working-class voters, especially Hispanics and other groups, in each election cycle. The Democratic Party is becoming the party of the elites.
MH/Duuuval
November 20, 2024 at 10:56 am
Many Hispanics don’t identify as such. Rather, they mostly imagine themselves “white” with all the privileges and prejudices that go with that element of melanin.
SallyB
November 19, 2024 at 5:07 pm
As polls and, even more so, “surveys”, have taught us all this election cycle and as in several previous election cycles, polls and, to a much greater extent, “surveys”, are widely inaccurate. This should be taken with a grain of salt, as it were.
It's Complicated
November 20, 2024 at 10:27 am
I think Governor DeSantis’ Achilles heal in running for POTUS is likability. He can come across as grumpy and angry, particularly when responding to the press on cultural or conservative agenda issues. It would behoove him to adopt a Ronald Reagan-like good-natured, respond in the positive style. Surprised his handlers (or his bride) are not drilling this into his head.
MH/Duuuval
November 20, 2024 at 10:59 am
Ironically, Dee initially intended to be the new Reagan, but times have changed and instead of a nearly senile Californian running the show, we have a nearly senile Florida carpetbagger.
MH/Duuuval
November 20, 2024 at 11:00 am
In other words, sunny is out and cranky is in.
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