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When the Republican governor of Florida Ron DeSantis prepares the formal launch of his campaign for the Presidency by the Republican Party in the 2024 electionan average of national surveys finds it at the lowest point of voting intention.
The RealClearPolitics (RCP) polling average found Ron DeSantis the second-highest-placed likely candidate with 19.9% voter support in the 2024 Republican primary field.
However, the former president donald trump He is at 56%, that is, with a 36.1 point advantage over DeSantis.
Behind DeSantis are former President Mike Pence with 5.9% of voting intentions, former Governor and former UN Ambassador Nikki Fried (4.3%), businessman Vivek Ramaswamy (3.5%) and former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (1.1%). .
Of that group, only Trump, Haley, Ramaswamy and Hutchinson have formalized their candidacies for the Presidency in the upcoming elections.
The governor of Florida, who according to sources cited by various media outlets in the United States, may be the next to register as a candidate for the Presidency on May 25, when he plans an event with donors who support him where he will announce his candidacy. .
The Florida Politics outlet said Thursday that DeSantis is expected to file for registration that day and officially launch his campaign in Dunedin, a town on the Florida coast that overlooks the Gulf of Mexico, where he grew up.
DeSantis was sponsored by Donald Trump in 2018 to reach the governorship of Florida and was re-elected in 2022 by a large majority, which made him a rising figure in the Republican Partyalthough it has been losing strength since the former president is in the campaign and has returned to his popular rallies.
The RealClear Politics average of DeSantis-Biden polls heading into next year’s presidential election gives DeSantis a slim 0.5 point lead over Democratic President Joe Biden, who has announced he will run for re-election in 2024. Biden has 42% support and DeSantis 42.5%.
If the Republican nominee were Donald Trump, he would have a one-point lead over Biden (43.8% vs. 42.8%), according to RealClear Politics.
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