Posted on 06/09/2022 8:04:26 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Former President Donald Trump "handily" defeats Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in a head-to-head matchup for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination in most states being polled regularly according to Club for Growth reports.
"As Trump prepares to possibly announce his campaign in the next two months, multiple sources say the Club for Growth has regularly tested Trump v DeSantis in its polls in different states. A Club official insists it’s been to test Trump’s strength in the party," New York Times senior political reporter Maggie Haberman tweeted Tuesday.
"Through a spokesman, a Club official says Trump wins ‘handily’ in every state but Georgia."
News of Club for Growth polling a race between Trump and DeSantis could be more evidence that many conservatives believe the two men will battle for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.
Trump has hinted strongly that he will run to reclaim the White House.
A University of Massachusetts Amherst Poll released last month found that 55% of Republicans continued to support the former president as their first choice for the party’s nominee in 2024.
However, DeSantis defeated Trump 71% to 67% during the weekend in a GOP presidential straw poll among attendees of the Western Conservative Summit. No other candidate earned 30% support.
DeSantis (38%) also beat Trump (32%) in a May 21 survey of Wisconsin GOP state convention straw poll voters.
Last month, Ed Rollins, one-time campaign chairman for former President Ronald Reagan, and conservative activist Lilian Rodriguez-Baz helped launch a political action committee in DeSantis' honor.
Florida Politics reported that DeSantis also had been competitive with Trump in prediction markets tracking the 2024 election.
The Club for Growth describes itself as a national network of more than 500,000 pro-growth, limited-government Americans who share in the belief that prosperity and opportunity come from economic freedom.
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Who are they? The club for growth?
This “matchup” between Trump and DeSantis is a fiction created by the liberal media. Don’t fall for it.
Exactly, they are both great and they will work together to MAGA.
Please pick up the basement phone.....you need to explain this.... /s
Hmm, where all those FR peeps that we commenting to those couple of last weeks straw polls of DeSantis beating Trump....
If Trump would move his residence out of Florida, the Trump/DeSantis ticket would be our dream team!
” where all those FR peeps that we commenting to those couple of last weeks straw polls of DeSantis beating Trump....”
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The FR NEVERTRUMPER BRIGADE. Start a “Desantis wins the poll” thread and they’ll come flocking..
They’re desperately trying to create a fight between DeSantis and Trump.
DeSantis has repeatedly said he won’t run if Trump is running.
Exactly!
Do we really need to rehash this again. DeSantis said he intends to serve two terms as governor of Florida. That means he leaves office at the end of 2026.
Has DeSantis even mentioned anything about running ? He’s still a fairly young guy so there is no rush to be President .
Grover Norquist’s outfit. Their ostensible focus is on lowering taxes and reducing the size of government, so “fiscal conservatives” basically. One of their main activities was getting Congressional candidates to sign a pledge to not raise taxes in exchange for their endorsement.
It’s their dream to have the two pitted against one another, because it will further divide the party.
I’ll take the same tack Ron is taking: there’s no point in playing “what if” games. He’s fully invested in winning the governor’s race again later this year. “Florida first” is his mantra. If he’s “drafted” to run in ‘28, fine, but I doubt you’ll see him willingly jump into the ‘24 presidential race.
Does this club have anything to do with hair implants for men?
Agreed. The Left know both Trump and DeSantis would be powerful foes against their evil schemes. Together, they’d be almost unbeatable.
Club for Growth HATES BOTH TRUMP AND DESANTIS. They’re trying to stir up some division in the ranks.
I like both of them.
I think goiders?
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