![]() ![]() The also-rans will bid for attention by attacking him. It also makes him Target A for Trump and for all the other candidates. And Trump's vice president, Mike Pence - as-of-yet undeclared in the race - has a base of evangelical supporters but has shown little or no upside potential.īut being clearly the party's Plan B right now might not be good news for DeSantis. ![]() The other declared candidates – Tim Scott, Nikki Haley, Asa Hutchinson, Vivek Ramaswamy – are still largely introducing themselves. If his current poll standing makes him the first choice of just one Republican in four, he is still the second choice of half the party. In the unique circumstances of the 2024 presidential cycle, that makes DeSantis a species of front-runner, de facto - because the gap between him and his closest competition in the GOP is nearly as great as the gap between him and Trump. Yet he is just as clearly the leading alternative to Trump, should Republicans find they need one – or decide they want one. He is decidedly an underdog to former President Donald Trump in all recent polls. Ron DeSantis faces in the 2024 election cycle. It may seem odd to describe a presidential candidate as a front-runner when a rival candidate is outpolling him by more than 2 to 1.īut that's what Florida Gov. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |