A.G. Gancarski
A new survey of potential Republican voters in the 2028 Primary shows Ron DeSantis in a distant second place. But he at least hit double digits for the first time in months.
The Echelon Insights survey conducted between Feb. 10 and Feb. 13 finds the Governor of Florida at 10% support.
He trails leader JD Vance, who has 39% support among the 466 respondents. But DeSantis leads former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (8%), Vivek Ramaswamy (5%) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (4%).
The poll found 1 in 5 respondents are undecided.
Trump made news on Super Bowl Sunday when he said Vance was not the 2028 Republican heir apparent during a Fox News interview, though Trump did call the former Ohio Senator and best-selling author “very capable.”
“I think you have a lot of very capable people. So far, I think he’s doing a fantastic job. It’s too early, we’re just starting.”
Other polls have shown DeSantis far behind Vance as well.
A January survey from McLaughlin & Associates showed DeSantis at 8%, behind Vance and Donald Trump Jr.
DeSantis was also at 8% in an Echelon Insights poll of the theoretical contest conducted last year, with Vance nearly 30 points ahead of him.
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 2024, 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 of last year.
“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 added.
11 comments
Paul Passarelli
February 13, 2025 at 4:38 pm
By leaving DOGE, Vivek signed his own political epitaph.
I would support DeSantis in ’28
Michael K
February 13, 2025 at 4:47 pm
That high, huh? It must be the lifts.
PeterH
February 13, 2025 at 8:22 pm
They’re all losers!
Peachy
February 14, 2025 at 6:29 am
Hilarious. Should I list all of the losers in your Democrat Party my phony independent? Warning, the list is very long.
uoweme
February 15, 2025 at 7:47 am
peachy, do you think your list means anything to a sane person, i think not. sad, not hilarious. you maga marks are so predictable.
MH/Duuuval
February 16, 2025 at 10:15 am
More false promise from the site’s leading MAGA mouthpiece.
MH/Duuuval
February 13, 2025 at 11:01 pm
Trump has all of them dancing to his siren song.
SuzyQ
February 13, 2025 at 11:16 pm
DeSantis ’28
MH/Duuuval
February 15, 2025 at 9:49 am
Many of us are looking ahead only as far as 2026, when Dee will have to start paying his way — the way normal folks do: rent, utilities, insurance, etc.
JD
February 16, 2025 at 10:20 am
Oh that’s cute. You amuse us more than you know.
MH/Duuuval
February 17, 2025 at 10:26 am
Not to put too fine a point on it, since I am WAY out of the loop, but did Deadbeat Dee ever pay off his student loan? He got a million bucks for writing a book, remember?