Posted on 05/13/2024 10:43:53 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
One of the burning questions of the 2024 presidential election so far — and Lord knows we haven’t had many burning questions — is that of whom Donald Trump will pick as his running mate. The former president has dropped a few hints, and there’s been plenty of speculation.
But what do voters think? If somehow Trump put the question to his base, whom would they choose? A new poll from I&I/TIPP gives us an indication.
The pollsters asked 538 Republicans (I don’t know if that number was on purpose or a happy coincidence) over the first weekend in May. The margin of error is a little high at +/-4.3, but since it’s a purely speculative question, that’s not too big a deal.
I&I/TIPP gave respondents 21 names, along with an option of “not sure.” The results aren’t a massive shock:
The big winner is no surprise: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who collected 15% of the support. No one else received double-digit backing as top choice.
Trailing DeSantis were former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley (8%), author-entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy (7%), Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (7%), surgeon and former Health Secretary Ben Carson (5%), former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (5%), South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott (4%), former Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (3%), and TV commentator Tucker Carlson (3%).
Mike Pompeo, Kari Lake, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) all garnered 2%, while Gov. Doug Burgum (R-N.D.), Gen. Mike Flynn, Gov. Kristi Noem (R-Dog Killer), Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) all picked up 1% support. Lee Zeldin and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) all polled at zero. But the biggest surprise might be that “not sure” won with 27%.
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
Lee Zeldin
DeSantis is, of course, disqualified as having a political career. The Vivek guy and General Flynn are the only ones on that list qualified.
You can not drain the Swamp if you add to it. No political career. And no, it’s not about campaigning and messaging. It doesn’t matter who is saying what, the media will twist it. So there is zero benefit to political experience and Drain the Swamp says exactly the opposite.
Especially since there will be no presidential or vice-presidential debates. That is all Swamp precedent to make money for the MSM Swamp people. End it.
If you watched Gov DeSantis debate Mister Newsom, you saw what an asset he'll be to the ticket.
Yes, pick DeSantis. Winning is everything.
How about Sen. Loomis?
Peter Navarro?
Vice President Meatball
Bahahahahahahahah
Actually the relevant part says
...The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves...So the electors in Florida only couldn't vote for both Trump and DeSantis, but every other elector could. In practical terms the GOP would never risk losing the VP slot for that. In 2000, Cheney "moved" to Wyoming to avoid having two Texans on the ballot (and the Dems whined). DeSantis can't move and I don't see Trump moving either.
THEY also do NOT seem to care about ELIGIBILITY.
NIKKI & VIVEK are not NBC
NOT sure about Gabbard
The DeSantis haters are going to have a stroke.
I was a little surprised by the mention of Lee Zeldin by so many in the article and by several posters.
I like the guy and the more I thought about is, the more I liked him as a candidate.
I live in Virginia, and I’ve seen what Glenn Youngkin can do in a campaign and it seems like he and Zeldin have about the right mix of charm on one hand and grit on the other.
I think loyalty matters the most. If you’re going to do all the hard work to become President and then allow some guy with overpowering ambition like Ron DeSantis to stab you in the back again that’s no good for any of us.
We need somebody who’s gonna stand with Trump faithfully and that’s not Ron or Nikki. I can’t believe these people that they polled really think this stuff.
Team Biden just ordered a case of crying towels.
I think they just ordered a case of bullets. Or cyanide, or some thing that they can hide from us.
Vance
Sanders
Noem
Carson
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just say hell NO to RINO’s and neocon warmongers,
dee Santis screwed the pooch - double no to him
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