Jacob Ogles
First Lady Casey DeSantis hasn’t announced whether she will run for Governor. But new polling shows she is more popular with Florida voters than U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, weeks after he announced his bid.
A Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy survey shows 53% of voters in the state have a favorable opinion of DeSantis, while only 9% have an unfavorable opinion. The numbers roll in as DeSantis explores a potential run to succeed her husband, Ron DeSantis, as Florida Governor.
Both her positive and negative numbers are higher than those of Donalds. The poll shows just 48% have a favorable opinion of the Congressman, while 6% have an unfavorable view.
The biggest gap between the two Republicans comes down to name recognition. That’s confirmed by the fact that 46% of voters have no opinion about Donalds, a Naples Republican who has only run for office in Southwest Florida. By comparison, just 38% of voters have no opinion on Casey DeSantis, who has never appeared on the ballot at all.
A Republican operative close to Donalds suggested the polling wasn’t actually that favorable for Casey DeSantis. That person pointed to a prior poll from Fabrizio Lee & Associates that showed Donalds leading Casey DeSantis in a head-to-head matchup but the First Lady had higher approval ratings than in the Mason-Dixon poll.
“The new Mason-Dixon poll spells bad news for the DeSantis!” the operative said. “Their favorability has sunk as Republican voters consider whether they will be disloyal to President Donald Trump AGAIN. Will they light their donor’s money on fire like they did in Iowa when they chose to betray President Trump the first time?”
Pollsters asked 625 registered voters around the state, surveying respondents from March 11 to 15. A polling memo reports a 4-percentage-point margin of error on results. But the favorability ratings on Casey DeSantis and Donalds were based only on a subset of 264 registered Republican voters, and had a margin of error of 6 percentage points.
The same poll notably showed that Gov. DeSantis still enjoys the support of a majority of Florida voters. Only 5% of voters said they were not sure how they felt about the sitting Governor.
That shows voters are making a differentiation, and not all are simply conflating the First Lady’s candidacy as an extension of the current administration.
Donalds already boasts an endorsement from President Donald Trump, who also has positive job approval ratings with a majority of Floridians, though not as high as the Governor’s.
But it also shows both candidates with room to grow in name recognition, and less than 10% of voters already expressing disapproval with their candidacies.
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4 comments
Ron Ogden
March 25, 2025 at 7:41 am
Fellow Republicans, Donald Trump is my president but I don’t jump just because he twitches his finger. Do you? Same goes for Byron Donalds. Good man, but nothing in this world is automatic. Who is going to give us the best chance of keeping the D’s at bay? You know if they get a whiff of power they will have us all doing the weirdo dance down Main Street in a heartbeat.
Earl Pitts American
March 25, 2025 at 8:04 am
Good Mornting Ron,
Please try to keep up:
Regardless of these constant stories on Casey, My, Earl Pitts American’s, Sage Wisdom is what everyone can rely on.
Ron O, Casey will be our First Lady in The White begining in 2028.
IN CLOSING:
Its not possable fir Casey to be Florida’s Govornor & Our Great Nation’s First Lady at the same time.
Trust in Earl … not all these Fake News Stories.
Thank you Ron O,
Earl Pitts American
Ocean Joe
March 25, 2025 at 10:11 am
Bad news, Ron. Your party is owned lock, stock and barrel by your hero Donald Trump. No matter how erratic, incompetent, chaotic he is, no matter how much the stock market craters or consumer goods rise in price, or long standing allies are abandoned, Trump is in charge, and he’s made his endorsement. Wishful thinking will not change the religious fervor around Trump. Instead of schilling for Desantis, how bout you urge Republicans to let Trump know that even the Wall Street Journal thinks his trade war is a disaster.
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