Ron DeSantis Handed Brutal News by Poll

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has faced another blow to his hopes of being the Republican candidate in the 2024 presidential election after a poll showed a slump in support.

The survey conducted by the Emerson College Polling Center this month found that DeSantis had only 8 percent support among voters for the GOP primaries. That puts the governor level with former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, but well behind the frontrunner, former President Donald Trump.

At the start of his primary campaign, DeSantis had been seen as the greatest threat to Trump as he positioned himself as the best candidate to inherit his MAGA mantle.

However, the survey of 1,578 voters carried out on October 16 and 17 with a 2.4 percent margin of error showed that support for DeSantis had slumped four points, from 12 percent in September, while Haley's had risen from 3 percent.

https://www.newsweek.com/desantis-poll-brutal-emerson-college-polling-center-1836669

[DFW]

1. As predicted:

So far, my prediction remains:

The Republican nominee in 2024 will not be named Trump, Pence, DeSantis, Haley or Scott

That does NOT mean Biden gets a free ride. On the contrary, it might mean that he'll have a real race on his hands.

[marble falls]

2. The GOP will be running Romney/Haley.

[DFW]

3. I don't think Romney wants to play again

Twelve years later, he knows what his chances are. Haley as VP is plausible. But if they are serious, for POTUS, they’ll look for someone with Romney’s demeanor, but a photogenic 50-something profile, in order to emphasize the age issue. Their nominee doesn’t even need to be on the public radar yet—just be ready to face the media in January, and have made the rounds of the megadonors by the end of the year.

[marble falls]

9. He will be the darkhorse candidate, he'll be drafted as the "GOP unity candidate" at the convention.

[MistakenLamb]

4. i think depending on the results of next weeks VA election

Youngkin will make an attempt to be the nominee, probably at the convention.

[peggysue2]

7. Agree

GOP donors are reportedly waiting for those results; they see Youngkin as their last, best hope to counter Trump.

[hay rick]

5. Republicans have a deep bench of repulsive human beings.

That said, DeSantis will not be missed.

[lpbk2713]

6. DeSantis has descended into a bad joke and the voters know it.

And it's his own fault.

[dalton99a]

8. Kick

[LiberalFighter]

10. The poll is fake....

Trump and Putin must have paid for it.

Trump told Ronna to create a bad poll for DeSatan or ELSE!!

The poll was actually done in China. Xi told everyone to support Trump in the poll.

[Blue Owl]

11. (Spoken in Droopy Dog tone): "Why don't they like me?"

[Martin Eden]

12. My takeaway from this:

TFG still has a firm grip on GOP voters -- which says more about those voters than it does about any of the candidates, TFG included.

It boggles my mind that any mature adult can listen to the orange creature speak for more than a few minutes and actually want this bloviating ignoramus to be President of the United States.

Even before the two impeachments, attempted coup, and four criminal indictments with more than ninety felony counts, it should have been glaringly obvious he is a malignant narcissist and a pathological liar with no moral compass other than feeding his insatiable ego, greed, and base desires.

I feel like we're living among pod people who've been taken over by spores from outer space -- or from a recessive gene from within that severely impairs judgement.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

13. at this point, its a cult