2024 election projection: DeSantis beats Trump

Ron DeSantis Beats Every Republican in Hypothetical 2024 Matchup if Trump Doesn't Run

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis currently leads all Republican candidates in a hypothetical 2024 GOP primary that excludes former President Donald Trump, according to a new poll.

The poll, which was conducted past Harris/Harvard CAPS, asked respondents who they'd vote for in a hypothetical 2024 Republican primary election if Trump does not run. According to the poll, DeSantis led all other candidates as 30 percent of respondents said they'd vote for him.

Following behind DeSantis was former Vice President Mike Pence, who received 25 percent of support from respondents, according to the poll. Amid other possible candidates, 13 percent said they'd vote for Texas Senator Ted Cruz, 8 per centum said they'd vote for Florida Senator Marco Rubio, 7 pct sided with former U.South. Administrator Nikki Haley and x percentage said they would back up another candidate.

Quondam Secretarial assistant of Country Mike Pompeo and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott both received support from 4 pct of respondents, according to the poll.

DeSantis has not announced a bid for the 2024 presidency and when asked about potentially running for president past Fox News' Sean Hannity, the Florida governor said, "I'thou not considering anything beyond doing my job."

"We've got a lot of stuff going on in Florida," DeSantis said during the interview, where he also appear that he was planning to seek another term every bit Florida's governor in 2022.

In September, DeSantis was asked by reporters if he would consider a run for the presidency, to which he responded by saying, "All the speculation most me is purely manufactured. I just do my job...I hear all this stuff and honestly, information technology's nonsense. Then, y'all know, I don't really know what to say to rumors."

Newsweek was directed to DeSantis's comments from September later reaching out to his office for comment.

Despite DeSantis's past comments, a split poll from Echelon Insights in Nov found similar results. Co-ordinate to the poll, 26 percentage of respondents said they'd vote for DeSantis in the 2024 Republican primary if Trump doesn't run.

Another poll from Echelon Insights in September institute 22 percentage siding with DeSantis if Trump isn't on the 2024 Republican primary ticket, while xv percent sided with Pence.

When the poll asked the aforementioned question merely included Trump, 67 per centum of respondents said they'd vote for the former president if he decided to run again. According to the poll, ix percent said they'd vote for Pence if Trump runs in 2024 and 8 percentage sided with DeSantis. The rest of the potential candidates all received single-digit percentages, according to the poll.

Trump has also not officially announced that he will run for president once again but has hinted at the idea on several occasions. During an interview with Fox Business organisation News' Maria Bartiromo in April, Trump said that he was "100 percent" thinking about running again.

"And we volition, I think, be very successful," Trump added during the interview.