{"id":1508376,"date":"2022-06-08T19:49:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T23:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1508376"},"modified":"2022-06-08T19:49:25","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T23:49:25","slug":"desantis-reacts-to-straw-poll-showing-him-narrowly-leading-against-trump-in-potential-2024-presidential-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-reacts-to-straw-poll-showing-him-narrowly-leading-against-trump-in-potential-2024-presidential-race\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis Reacts To Straw Poll Showing Him Narrowly Leading Against Trump In Potential 2024 Presidential Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-reacts-to-straw-poll-showing-him-narrowly-leading-against-trump-in-potential-2024-presidential-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1508376&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reacted to a straw poll showing him in the lead against former President Donald Trump for the nomination in a potential 2024 presidential run.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/991p42nx07hlxnk\/Data_All_220604.pdf?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poll<\/a> was held at the 2022 Western Conservative Summit Saturday where DeSantis acquired 71% support while Trump held nearly 68% favorability. Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz came in third with 29% approval. A reporter asked the governor whether he has decided to run for president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t do straw polls,\u201d DeSantis responded. \u201cThey just put my name to these things, you know? So, what am I supposed to do? Like they sell merchandise and everything. I\u2019d kind of like to get royalties on that.\u201d<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>A Wednesday straw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wispolitics.com\/2022\/wispolitics-com-wisconsin-state-gop-convention-goers-split-on-another-trump-run-plurality-supports-desantis-for-24-presidential-nomination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poll<\/a> conducted at the Wisconsin Republican Convention found DeSantis narrowly leading Trump for the nomination in a potential 2024 presidential race. DeSantis held 38% while the former president acquired 32%.<\/p>\n<p>A 2021 Western Conservative Summit straw <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/20\/ron-desantis-leads-2024-straw-poll-donald-trump-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poll<\/a> found DeSantis leading Trump as a popular 2024 Republican nominee at 74%, while Trump came in second with 71% support. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/24\/ron-desantis-donald-trump-gop-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Why Ron DeSantis Is The Future Of The Republican Party)\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no real party standard-bearer at the moment, and DeSantis in many eyes is starting to define the post-Trump party,\u201d Tyler Sandberg, a Colorado Republican operative, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/06\/07\/trump-desantis-00037538\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> Politico. \u201cHe fights more about policy and less on his Twitter account.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"0-3\">\u201cIt did not surprise me that DeSantis did well, but, yeah, it kind of surprised me that he did better than President Trump, again,\u201d Dick Wadhams, a former chair of the Colorado Republican Party, said, according to Politico. \u201cI go to a lot of Republican events and have sensed for some time that even with Republicans DeSantis has quite an appeal because of his success as governor of Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/27\/donald-trump-wins-cpac-straw-poll-second-straight-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">won<\/a> the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) straw poll with 59% support in February for the second year in a row, and DeSantis trailed behind him with 28%. The former president has repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/04\/donald-trump-2024-candace-owens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hinted<\/a> at a 2024 run, telling interviewers a lot of people are going to \u201cto be very, very happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The governor has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/09\/ron-desantis-donald-trump-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">held<\/a> back from questions regarding a potential 2024 run, telling the Daily Caller News Foundation in 2021 that he is focused on his own state. He has become popular among conservative voters due to his opposition to COVID-19 protocols, including mask mandates and school closures, by signing an <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/30\/ron-desantis-executive-order-children-mask-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">executive order<\/a> in July 2021 to ban mandating masks in schools.<\/p>\n<p>He also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/28\/ron-desantis-signs-parental-rights-in-education-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">passed<\/a> the \u201cParental Rights in Education\u201d bill enacted to prohibit discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in K-3 classrooms, which has gained widespread support among many conservatives. He then <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/03\/desantis-tampa-bay-rays-gun-control-tweets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vetoed<\/a> $35 million in funding to a new Tampa Bay Rays sports training and youth tournament facility after tweeting about their contribution to a pro-gun control group, saying it is \u201cinappropriate to subsidize political activism.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Florida Gov. 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