When Ron DeSantis won his nearly 20 point victory in the Florida governor's race in 2022, he had become popular and even had some crossover appeal based on probably two big things. And there was some crossover appeal on both like the general sense that political correctness has run amok or wanting to prioritize the economy at times. In the time since then, he's taken on a different approach and one that I would compare more to the Ted Cruz approach of 2016.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has officially entered the Twitter space ... er, presidential race. He kicked off his campaign in a conversation on a glitchy Twitter Spaces with Elon Musk and tech entrepreneur David Sacks on Wednesday. In his opening remarks, he stressed his electability and the ability to implement a policy platform that may not look all that different from that of former President Donald Trump.
In this installment of the podcast, the crew discusses what DeSantis's presidential bid will look like. In FiveThirtyEight's national GOP primary polling averages, Trump currently leads at around 54 percent with DeSantis at around 20 percent, although these things can change quickly in a primary environment. In fact, they already have: Just a couple months ago, Trump’s lead over DeSantis was half of what it is today.
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