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Written by Steve Cannon for USSA News.
As the 2024 Presidential elections draw closer, speculation is growing about who will be the Republican nominee. Former President Donald Trump has officially announced his candidacy, but it seems that there may be a challenger within the party. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has not officially announced his candidacy yet, but it’s widely speculated that he is considering joining the Republican Party primary.
During an interview with David Brody on “The Water Cooler” on Monday, Trump was asked if it would be a “bad move” for DeSantis to jump into the presidential race. Trump responded confidently, saying, “We’ll handle that the way I handle things.”
Recent polls have shown DeSantis beating Trump in hypothetical match-ups. One poll from Yahoo News-YouGov released last month showed DeSantis ahead of Trump, 47 to 42 percent, among registered voters. A separate poll from Vanderbilt University also from December showed DeSantis receiving 54 percent among registered Republicans compared to 41 percent for Trump.
However, Trump has also released polling from McLaughlin & Associates, a polling firm that worked on his 2020 campaign, showing him beating DeSantis 58 percent to 36 percent.
DeSantis’s profile has risen further after he was reelected by 19 points in November, a resounding victory for the Florida Republican that members of the party saw as a silver lining in an otherwise difficult midterm night for Republicans.
The question on many minds is whether Trump still holds sway over the party and its voters. Many of Trump’s endorsees lost their general election races, leading members of the party to question whether the former president’s endorsement is still valuable.
The Hill has reached out to DeSantis’s campaign for comment, but as of now, it seems that the Republican party is gearing up for an exciting showdown between two heavyweights in the upcoming Presidential elections. Will it be Trump or DeSantis? Only time will tell.
