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DeSantis brushes off 2024 polling, suggests Trump only leading because 'people have not made a decision'
Fox News ^ | October 7, 2023 | Chris Pandolfo

Posted on 10/07/2023 9:34:47 AM PDT by conservative98

GREENEVILLE, S.C. – Presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., does not think that 2024 polling reflects the current state of the heated GOP race, shaking off recent surveys that show him in 3rd place.

A recent Suffolk University survey for USA Today and the Boston Globe suggested that while former President Donald Trump remains the front-runner in the race, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley now leads DeSantis by 9 percentage points, 19% to 10%.

When asked about recent polling, DeSantis told Fox News Digital that he believes voters are still "on the fence."

"I don't think any of it matters," DeSantis told reporters at a recent campaign event. "You've got to put yourself in a position to have the type of infrastructure needed to do well when the voting starts. But what's going to happen is none of the polls are going to matter when people start voting. That's what's going to determine everything."

DeSantis also suggested that while Trump maintains a lead in most national surveys, he isn't banking on the numbers to hold at the polls.

"I think at the end of the day, a majority of people have not made a decision," the Florida governor told Fox News Digital exclusively during a visit to Greenville, South Carolina. "So if you're polling someone, and you push them, well if they're kind of on the fence and they know Trump more than anyone, they're more likely to do that."

"If you really pull down, half the electorate is up for grabs in these states, and we're going to earn the votes in all of those states. We have the organization, we have the work ethic, and we have the message to be able to get it done," he continued.

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DeSantis brushes off 2024 polling, suggests Trump only leading because 'people have not made a decision'

1 posted on 10/07/2023 9:34:47 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Someone has meatballs for brains if he thinks people haven’t made a decision. I’ve made two: 1.) Trump, 2.) Never DeSantis


2 posted on 10/07/2023 9:36:39 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA
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To: conservative98

Okay then.


3 posted on 10/07/2023 9:36:50 AM PDT by dforest
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To: conservative98

It’s just a flesh wound


4 posted on 10/07/2023 9:36:52 AM PDT by stanne
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To: conservative98
DeSantis brushes off 2024 polling, suggests Trump only leading because 'people have not made a decision'

I hate to have to say it but...



5 posted on 10/07/2023 9:37:28 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98
He is correct, of course.

If not, Mister Trump would feel secure enough to not be ducking debates (especially including a one v one with RDS); and wouldn't be holding simultaneous events, to distract GOPers and Indies from watching debates.

6 posted on 10/07/2023 9:39:35 AM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
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To: Seaplaner

That’s just funny.


7 posted on 10/07/2023 9:40:44 AM PDT by stanne
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To: conservative98

Someone get the hook, this doofus is done....


8 posted on 10/07/2023 9:42:08 AM PDT by Bobalu (The political prosecution of Donald Trump marks the official end of US democracy.)
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To: conservative98

Just wait until interest rates hit 10% next year. Just in time tor the election.


9 posted on 10/07/2023 9:43:21 AM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: conservative98

These comments are a bad look for him. He comes across as delusional.


10 posted on 10/07/2023 9:47:36 AM PDT by Starboard
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Well you gotta spin it some way I suppose


11 posted on 10/07/2023 9:48:32 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: conservative98

“I think at the end of the day, a majority of people have not made a decision,”

_______________

The whole purpose of polling is to gather that exact data. To see who is undecided and who is not undecided and what the decision is when decided.

To say a majority haven’t made a decision is not supported by the polling data. And if the data deviates from actual votes, some vote fraud or polling fraud occurred.


12 posted on 10/07/2023 9:48:40 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Seaplaner
If not, Mister Trump would feel secure enough to not be ducking debates (especially including a one v one with RDS); and wouldn't be holding simultaneous events, to distract GOPers and Indies from watching debates.

Trump is certainly not acting like a man who is leading in the polls by 50 points.

I suspect Trump, like DeSantis, also knows the polls are BS.

13 posted on 10/07/2023 9:49:04 AM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President. A conservative who fights and wins..)
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To: conservative98


14 posted on 10/07/2023 9:49:47 AM PDT by Bratch
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To: conservative98

The ship is only lower in the water because water is infiltrating the hull- all is well- all is well


15 posted on 10/07/2023 9:50:04 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: conservative98

DeNial said what today?


16 posted on 10/07/2023 9:50:11 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: Seaplaner
ducking debates

There were debates? I only saw a couple of clown shows where idiots shared how quickly they wanted to start WWIII with Russia.

17 posted on 10/07/2023 9:51:30 AM PDT by The Iceman Cometh (Casey DeSantis? No thanks. I've already voted for too many Bushes.)
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To: Seaplaner

Trump’s afraid to debate or doesn’t think he needs to. He better rethink because I’m looking for a viable alternative this time, but doubt Desantis is it.


18 posted on 10/07/2023 9:51:38 AM PDT by GAgal
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To: Seaplaner

A serious candidate don’t waste time on clown at a clown show.

For decades Conservatives have bitched about the stacked deck against them at these “debates”. The 1st two this year proved Trump exactly correct in avoiding these GOP-E staged clown shows.


19 posted on 10/07/2023 9:52:05 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: jacknhoo
The whole purpose of polling is to gather that exact data. To see who is undecided and who is not undecided and what the decision is when decided.

Another purpose of polling is to gaslight people into believing something that isn't true.

FReepers who have never believed a poll in their lives are eating up every poll that shows Trump winning.

Wait until after the primaries are over and Trump clinches the nomination. Then we'll see the real polling.

20 posted on 10/07/2023 9:52:33 AM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President. A conservative who fights and wins..)
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