Thats the thing. DeSantis was cooking about 3 months ago- looked like his star was rising fast and he would be the one to topple Trump. All that has gone poof. Disney feuds, abortion bans, weird on/off position around Ukraine. He has time to turn it around and I still think he is the candidate if Trump truly implodes.
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Donald Trump has surged to a 36.1 percent lead over Ron DeSantis as Republican voters’ preferred candidate for the 2024 presidential election, according to the latest data from the political analysis website Real Clear Politics.
The data shows 56 percent of Republicans have Trump as their favored candidate, well ahead of DeSantis at 19.9 percent and former Vice President Mike Pence at 5.9 percent.