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Offline segnosaur

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Re: The Ron DeSantis Thread
« Reply #315 on: March 30, 2023, 10:40:58 am »
A few more problems for Desantis...

From: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/29/fox-poll-trump-desantis-00089593
A new Fox News poll released Wednesday showed former President Donald Trump widening his lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in a hypothetical GOP primary race. Trump was the top pick for 54 percent of respondents, who were asked to choose from a list of potential 2024 Republican presidential nominees. DeSantis — who has yet to declare his candidacy, though he is widely expected to — came in as a distant second pick, with 24 percent of the vote.... The Fox poll was one of a handful released in recent days that show the former president widening his lead over DeSantis. In a Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday, Trump had the support of 47 percent of Republican and Republican-leaning voters, well above DeSantis’ 33 percent. A Morning Consult survey from earlier this month showed Trump with a 54-to-26 percent lead over DeSantis among potential GOP primary voters.

Ok, Fox may not necessarily be the most reliable news source out there, but their results line up with other more reliable polling firms.

And then there is this:

From: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/poll-signature-desantis-policies-unpopular-with-americans-ahead-of-likely-presidential-run-220406760.html
The new survey shows that more Americans oppose than favor seven out of eight signature policies put forward by DeSantis in Florida, with support ranging from 36% (for requiring public school books to be reviewed for content “the government deems inappropriate”) to a low of 21% (for “granting political appointees the power to fire tenured faculty members at public colleges and universities at any time and for any reason”). On foreign policy, meanwhile, DeSantis doesn’t fare much better.

From: https://www.businessinsider.com/desantis-policies-might-come-back-to-bite-him-even-in-a-primary-2023-3
A recent poll from YouGov and Yahoo News highlighted this dynamic and showed that as supporters of DeSantis learned more about his policies, the less willing they were to vote for him....The pollster then asked respondents about eight of the policies that DeSantis has championed as governor, but didn't note the relation to DeSantis. More respondents opposed seven of eight of DeSantis' policies than favored them
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(policies included Covid practices, critical race theory, book bans, gun control and abortion.)
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After inquiring about each of DeSantis' policies, the pollster told respondents that "All of the proposals from the previous question have been put forward or signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.... it appears that DeSantis supporters were less likely to vote for him after learning about his policies.


So his chance of winning the republican primary is dropping, and even if he does manage to become the nominee he has a lot of political baggage that will probably see him lose in the general election.

Looks like the Republican party might have to find another fascist to take up the cause.