Posted on 03/05/2021 2:06:18 PM PST by Signalman
To state the obvious: Former President Trump remains the dominant force in the GOP and the most popular figure among Republican voters.
As Trump flirts with a 2024 presidential run to regain the White House, the early data clearly shows that if the nomination race were held today, the former president would be the overwhelming favorite.
Without Trump in the race, a new survey conducted by a GOP pollster who worked on Trump’s 2016 campaign and the then-president’s 2020 reelection campaign, points to former Vice President Mike Pence and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as the early favorites in what may end up being a large field of GOP White House hopefuls.
But with no formal 2024 announcement from Trump expected anytime soon, the former president will continue to dominate all 2024 discussions going forward.
"I think the elephant in the room is obviously Donald Trump," veteran GOP pollster Neil Newhouse told Fox News. "If the election were held today and if he wants the nomination, he’d be the odds on favorite."
Last weekend at the Conservative Political Action Conference – the biggest and oldest annual gathering of conservative activists and leaders which is better known by its acronym CPAC – Trump returned to the spotlight for the first time since he left the White House on Jan. 20.
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NOT PENCE!! Nice man...NOT A FIGHTER!!
“ They’ll run out of air pretty quickly, and Pence will look like last month’s birthday balloon.”
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I don’t have anything against Pence. His policy positions are sound. His problem (with me) is he doesn’t have any Charisma, no snap, crackle and pop. My early fvorite is DeSantos. He arguably could carry Florida, Texas, NM, AZ, who knows, the way things are going in California he might even carry it. Anyway, it’s way early 🙄...
I have voted in every presidential election since Carter/Ford. A Pence ticket would absolutely cause me to stay home on Election Day.
There is NO WAY Pence is ahead in any true conservative poll!
DeSantis.
Pence? That bastard should be hanged for what he allowed to happen to this country. He stabbed 80 million voters in the back.
Excellent ticket.
Under no circumstances will I vote for Pence, ever.
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Suggestions of supporting Pence or any other two-faced, back stabbing RINO are nothing more than a continuation of the never ending attempt to undermine Trump and those who support his America First agenda. And it’s why I now ignore all Republican Party appeals for contributions.
Pompeo/DeSantis
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I trust DeSantis but I’m not quite sure Pompeo can be depended upon to stay the course when the SHTF!
the uniparty needs a designated loser who will graciously lose in 2024... Pence
Pence coujd only win if the Dominion fix was in.
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Most likely exactly what they have in mind!
Pence. Is. Done.
The deep state owes Pence a lot for his crime of certifying the election for Joe Biden. He will be paid handsomely and they may well make him the US president as his payoff. Certainly the American people can do nothing about what this illegitimate government does from now on. The US military obviously has now accepted the election steal and the coup as legitimate. The USA has been conquered and the only shot fired was from the Capitol Hill cop who murdered Ashli Babbit. This is not just an American tragedy for freedom and liberty, it’s a world tragedy.
Pence NEVER!!! He can go w hell!!
Right, we are all going to line up and vote Pence after his mealy mouth treatment of our greatest President. I’d vote Democrat before him.
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Me too and that’s exactly the message we need to be sure the RINOs hear loud and clear. PENCE IS A LOSER and MAGA supporters need to drive that fact home at every opportunity!
If pence is on the ticket, I won’t have any reason for voting.
Trump will support Pence if he doesn’t run......
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If President Trump supports that traitor over DeSantis or any other true MAGA candidate, he will irreparably tarnish his image.
Just imagine how sad the 2024 turnout would be if Pence was picked by the GOPe.
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Willie’s bed partner would enjoy a landslide victory. Imagine the consequences of that fiasco.
I would NEVER vote Pence NEVER!!!
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