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The case for DeSantis over Trump
The Washington Times ^ | June 24, 2023 | Michael McKenna

Posted on 06/24/2023 6:29:35 PM PDT by TBP

the Trump campaign needs to be aware of an emerging thread of data that suggests that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may do better in the general election.

New survey results from Public Opinion Strategies build on previous results and are starting to frame a coherent story about how the general election might look with different Republican candidates.

The new survey results indicate that Mr. DeSantis would do better than Mr. Trump in the general election in specific battleground states. For example, in Georgia, Mr. DeSantis leads President Biden by 3 percentage points in a general election matchup.

In the same matchup, Mr. Trump loses Georgia to Mr. Biden by 3 points.

In Pennsylvania, Mr. DeSantis runs 2 points better than Mr. Biden while Mr. Trump runs 4 points behind Mr. Biden.

Back in April, Mr. Trump trailed Mr. Biden in Pennsylvania by the same 4 percentage points. Mr. DeSantis led Mr. Biden in Pennsylvania by 3 points.

In Arizona, the current spread between the candidates appears greater. Mr. DeSantis runs 6 points better than Mr. Biden while Mr. Trump runs 3 points behind the president. That is also a greater margin than was evident in polling done in April.

Those results indicated that Mr. DeSantis would defeat Mr. Biden nationally by 3 percentage points while Mr. Trump would lose nationally by 3 percentage points — the same margin by which he lost in 2020.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


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To: HamiltonJay

1968, not 1972.


221 posted on 06/25/2023 9:15:13 AM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: jmaroneps37

DeSantis also got money from Disney, yet he took them on, ended their little fiefdom, and won.

Trump does what his donors want; DeSantis does what he thinks is right.


222 posted on 06/25/2023 9:17:12 AM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: Kalamata
I would estimate nearly half of registered voters, that in fact do not participate in the voting, share similar thoughts.

Fake politicians are hard to support, often only to prevent the "worse one" from getting the nod, which politicians use as an us vs them ploy, mostly same coin, different sides.

223 posted on 06/25/2023 9:19:33 AM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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To: hinckley buzzard

I remember showing up to work the phones for Reagan the day after the debate. I was smiling big.

“What are you so happy about?”
“We just won this election.”
“Don’t be so sure.”
“Did you see the debate last night?”
“Yeah. Unimpressive.”
“There are only two things anyone remembers: ‘Nuclear proliferation, Daddy” and ‘Are you better off than you were four years ago?’ Both work for us. We won. It might be big.”

(It was)


224 posted on 06/25/2023 9:20:47 AM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
????

I was posting about Trump's fundraising grift to pay his legal fees.

225 posted on 06/25/2023 9:21:46 AM PDT by hcmama
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To: TBP
There was also the issue of optics.

Carter came across like a prim little prig with a bad case of constipation. Reagan came across like everybody's grandfather or favorite uncle.

Reagan was a rock of stability compared to Carter.

226 posted on 06/25/2023 9:24:01 AM PDT by Publius
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To: hcmama

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-22/desantis-taps-donors-griffin-tudor-jones-in-142-million-haul?leadSource=uverify%20wall

https://apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-ukraine-republicans-2024-f44acc03f772f393b7f8d452ee26508a

https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/politics/reminder-ron-desantis-voted-for-trans-pacific-partnership-in-2015/108210642/


227 posted on 06/25/2023 9:28:28 AM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: Reverend Wright
Trump knows he can't win a general election. He's already making excuses for it in some of his rants on Truth Social.

Increasingly it's starting to look like Trump is running to pay his legal bills and delay his court cases

228 posted on 06/25/2023 9:30:07 AM PDT by hcmama
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To: hcmama

Oops. I meant to reply to post #198.


229 posted on 06/25/2023 9:31:42 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: hcmama

Trump knows he can’t win a general election. He’s already making excuses for it in some of his rants on Truth Social.
Increasingly it’s starting to look like Trump is running to pay his legal bills and delay his court cases


Why do you keep saying the same thing the media does?


230 posted on 06/25/2023 9:32:05 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: hcmama

Election interference from DC is real, depending on who is President.

https://prospect.org/world/how-joe-biden-and-bernie-sanders-helped-lula-win/


231 posted on 06/25/2023 9:32:17 AM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: PeterPrinciple

Why does Trump engage in this kind of grift?


232 posted on 06/25/2023 9:33:19 AM PDT by hcmama
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To: PeterPrinciple
Forgot the link.

Yeah, it's the NYT....but it is easily verifiable

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/25/us/politics/trump-donations-legal-fees.html

233 posted on 06/25/2023 9:39:22 AM PDT by hcmama
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To: hcmama

Why does Trump engage in this kind of grift?


You don’t understand warriors and sheep dogs.

You want Trump to paint himself white and say baa.

http://learntocarry.com/files/On-Sheep-Wolves-And-Sheepdogs.pdf

Please read the above.


234 posted on 06/25/2023 9:40:41 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: elenvee

Except the ones that agree with your stance or opinion.


235 posted on 06/25/2023 9:59:51 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: TBP

Trump or nobody!! F it!


236 posted on 06/25/2023 10:08:28 AM PDT by kenmcg (ti hi o)
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To: qaz123

If this poll is accurate, there is no way that DeSantis does better in Arizona and Georgia.


237 posted on 06/25/2023 12:02:24 PM PDT by DMD13
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To: hcmama
Yes. DeSantis is more "electable".
238 posted on 06/25/2023 12:02:47 PM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: devere

Your data claiming that DeSantis has a better chance of winning is based on internal DeSantis push polls. I am not saying this primary is over, it hasn’t even started but, this pollster is a DeSantis pollster.


239 posted on 06/25/2023 12:04:01 PM PDT by DMD13
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To: Reverend Wright

He has that Ginger Lynn look.


240 posted on 06/25/2023 12:04:18 PM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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