DeSantis dismisses 2024 polling decline against Trump: 'I'm not a candidate'
by Ryan King, Breaking Politics Reporter |
April 24, 2023 08:05 AM
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) shrugged off recent polling that showed him losing ground against his top likely 2024 rival, former President Donald Trump.
"I'm not a candidate, so we'll see if and when that changes," DeSantis told reporters during a trip in Japan on Monday.
https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1650445614486892547Trump's edge over DeSantis has widened in most polling, seemingly catalyzed by his indictment last month. On March 31, Trump had a 45.9% to 30.1% lead, according to the RealClearPolitics polling aggregate at the time. Now, that lead has jumped to 52.4% to 23.4% over DeSantis.
During that time, DeSantis was entangled with a few controversies, including the fallout from his description of the war in Ukraine as a "territorial dispute" made earlier in March and a battle with Disney over the restructuring of the company's central Florida district.
Still, DeSantis remains Trump's chief likely rival in a hypothetical GOP field. Although not in the race, he has crisscrossed the country, rolling through early primary states such as Iowa and New Hampshire as he contemplates a 2024 run.
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