Julia Johnson: DeSantis softens culture war stance in campaign revamp.
The Washington Examiner: Gov. Ron DeSantis “Slightly Backing Off” Culture War as 2024 Presidential Campaign Takes Shape
The Washington Examiner’s Julia Johnson revealed on Monday that Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is making strategic adjustments to his presidential campaign for the 2024 election. Currently trailing former President Donald Trump in the Republican primary, DeSantis is reevaluating his approach to the culture war.
Reports indicate that the Florida governor has recently downsized his campaign staff, including the elimination of ten event planning positions. DeSantis has gained recognition for fearlessly confronting the culture war, even engaging in disputes with the Walt Disney Company over Florida legislation.
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“He’s not talking about the woke ideology as much as he was initially,” Johnson shared during her appearance on C-SPAN. “I think what we’re starting to see is that he’s just slightly backing off on the culture war. He still holds strong opinions on cultural issues and remains steadfast in his beliefs, but there seems to be a slight toning down of his rhetoric.”
Johnson also discussed Trump’s continued dominance in the Republican primary, despite facing legal challenges. She noted that Trump has effectively embraced the attention surrounding his multiple indictments, which has surprisingly bolstered his campaign.
“Whenever he receives a new target letter or faces new charges or indictments, he experiences a surge in the polls,” Johnson explained. “Republican voters clearly do not trust what the Department of Justice is presenting to them. Whether this skepticism is warranted or not, they simply do not believe it. In fact, a recent poll revealed that about half of Republican voters don’t even think there are classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.”
In a recent Marquette Law School poll, nearly half of Republicans expressed their continued support for Trump as the Republican nominee, while DeSantis’s popularity continued to decline. In May, DeSantis dropped from 35% to 25%, and in July, he slipped three more points, landing at 22%.
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In a hypothetical general election matchup, President Joe Biden and Trump are currently tied at 50% each. However, in May, Biden trailed Trump with 47% to Trump’s 52%. DeSantis, on the other hand, maintained his lead over Biden, surpassing him with 51% to 48%, with minimal change since May.
A recent analysis from Sabato’s Crystal Ball revealed that Trump’s support among white-collar or college-educated voters has increased. The authors at Sabato’s Crystal Ball emphasized earlier this year that any Republican contender in the primary must successfully rally these college-educated voters if they hope to have a chance at defeating Trump.
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