It does not matter to the people who run the country whether DeSantis, Biden, or Newsom is elected in 2024.
None of the things DeSantis is known for are core interests of our rulers. The things that ARE core interests - foreign wars on behalf of alien peoples, a global market in labor, usury as the engine of consumption, and forced diversity with non-enforcement of the Civil Rights Act when it comes to whites - DeSantis is as bad as the others.
That's one scenario. DeSantis is a s bad as the Democrat, and thus there won't be any significant cheating.
My point is that if DeSantis is MAGA, they will cheat to beat him. And DeSantis and almost every one of his supporters are naive enough to think that, that will never happen.