A.G. Gancarski
Florida’s Governor isn’t out of the 2028 sweepstakes just yet, according to a new survey from Atlas Intel.
In the poll released this week, Ron DeSantis is the clear second choice of Republican voters, corralling 13% support after weeks of positive coverage on the right for the state’s Alligator Alcatraz, a precedent-setting prison for illegal immigrants awaiting deportation.
He’s nowhere near first place. That honor goes to Vice President JD Vance, who has 58% support.
But DeSantis is ahead of Secretary of State Marco Rubio (10%) and presidential son Donald Trump, Jr. (5%).
Previous polling from Atlas Intel showed Rubio approaching 20% and DeSantis under 10%, illustrating that the field behind Vance (who may be a default pick for some respondents) is a work in progress.
DeSantis has hovered around 10% in various early polls of a still-hypothetical 2028 field, though more recent polling has shown him on the good side of that threshold, a potential positive sign if he wants to run after his term as Governor ends next year.
Despite the recent surge, operatives for President Donald Trump suggest they may oppose DeSantis making a run for the White House again.
“Old Pudding Fingers (DeSantis) better hope Chris LaCivita and I are both dead to have any minute chance in ‘28,” remarked Tony Fabrizio this week.
3 comments
Larry Gillis, Director-at-Large, Libertarian Party of Florida
July 19, 2025 at 9:15 am
POLICIES, NOT PERSONALITIES. PLEASE.
What are the POLICY differences between the several people you mention in your article? Personality differences are something I might actually read about in “People Magazine”, but only while waiting for my haircut. You do not serve the people of Florida well by ignoring POLICY.
Long after these clowns have faded from memory, we will still be stuck with the policies they enact.
Vote Libertarian. For further details, see: http://www.lpf.org or http://www.lp.org.
Crestview Craig
July 19, 2025 at 10:13 am
Truly one of the finest Governor’s in the country. We are fortunate to have him here. We certainly dodged a bullet with Andrew Gillum
Ron Ogden
July 19, 2025 at 1:09 pm
The media hooted and danced last year when they thought DeSantis was down and out. Typical kind of forecasting.
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