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The GOP support for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appears to be witnessing a surge while that of former President Donald Trump has taken a nosedive following the abysmal performance of several GOP candidates endorsed by the former president in Tuesday’s midterm elections, a new poll shows.
DeSantis’
numbers may be due to a stronger than expected performance of Republicans in
the state despite repeated attacks from Trump over DeSantis possible
presidential ambitions, nicknaming him “De-Sanctimonius”.
Trump’s
declining numbers is not unconnected with the failure of several prominent
gubernatorial and Senate candidates endorsed by the former president in the just
concluded elections. Mr. Trump is now the fall guy among many Republicans
including the conservative media.
As the GOP
loses possible control of the Senate with a narrowly lead in the House, many in
the Republican Party are beginning to project Mr. DeSantis as the new face of
the party. Whatever appeared like a red wave in the Senate is now blowing in the
winds.
If the GOP
takes control of the House, the lead will be so marginal such that achieving
the required 218 seats needed for a full majority may not be possible. And so
chances of impeaching Mr. Biden for his many economic and foreign policy
blunders may no longer be feasible and such moves may only achieve publicity rather
than results.
DeSantis
defeated Charlie Crist, a Democrat by nearly 20 points and many are now calling
on the Florida governor to officially declare for 2024
In the first
polling after the midterm elections, conducted by Big Village Public Opinion
Polling from November 9 to 11, GOP support for Trump’s 2024 bid tanked from 56
percentage point before the elections to 50 percentage point after the
elections, according to Newsweek.
On the other
hand, Republican support for DeSantis to be the GOP presidential nominee rose
from 27 percentage point to 34 percentage point.
Trump’s
support in a poll conducted by Big Village from August 8 to 10 stood at 68
percent for a potential GOP presidential candidate while that of DeSantis was
an abysmal 16 percent at the time among 384 respondents.
But now
DeSantis numbers has risen 18 percent while that of Trump dipped 18 percent as
well.