Former President Donald Trump said he will “beat” Gov. Ron DeSantis, Republican of Florida, if they meet as presidential candidates in 2024, but recent polls have given the latter high marks, raising the stakes on a possible 2024 match against DeSantis.
In an interview with Yahoo Finance Live to be published on Monday, Trump said he was confident in the high chances of winning if he ran for president in three years. Speaking of a possible showdown against another GOP favorite, DeSantis, Trump said that ” I would defeat him like I defeat all the others ”.
However, Trump said he does not believe DeSantis will be a rival during the 2024 election. “I think he would withdraw,” the former president said of the Florida governor.
Trump’s comments about DeSantis’s defection and defeat in a presidential showdown came months after the governor led a July poll in which respondents were asked who they would vote for in the Republican primaries if they were held that day. Less than 68 percent of those surveyed chose DeSantis from a lineup that did not include Trump.
In a separate lineup that included the former president, DeSantis ranked second with 21 percent, while Trump topped the poll with 70 percent. The poll was conducted at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). ) in early July.
The following month, a poll conducted at the Western Conservative Summit showed DeSantis getting 74.12 percent of the votes from attendees who were asked whether they would approve the Florida governor for president in 2024 compared to 71.43 percent. Trump’s percent. Of total votes, DeSantis got 275 votes, while Trump received 265 votes.
The Republican polling firm Republicans by Echelon Insights also featured a theoretical primary poll with no Trump on the ballot, in which DeSantis edged former Vice President MikePence 22-15. All other potential contenders in the poll conducted last month, including Donald. Trump Jr., got single-digit counts.
While polls are making hypothetical lineups for the 2024 election that include Florida Governor DeSantis, known for his ardent support for Trump, previously said that talks about his presidential race in 2024 were “silly.”
“All the speculation about me is purely fabricated,” he told a news conference early last month.
DeSantis is set for re-election in 2022, and while he has insisted he was not planning a presidential race in 2024, some critics pointed out that his ongoing national fundraising activities could be proof of his expanding ambitions.
While DeSantis is becoming popular.Infobarcelona.cat Brief news.
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