{"id":2024126,"date":"2023-09-06T22:51:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T02:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-losing-support-among-wealthy-donors\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T22:52:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T02:52:40","slug":"desantis-losing-support-among-wealthy-donors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-losing-support-among-wealthy-donors\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis losing favor with affluent contributors."},"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\">12<\/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-losing-support-among-wealthy-donors%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=2024126&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--><h2>Gov. Ron DeSantis&#8217;s Presidential Campaign Faces Donor Dilemma<\/h2>\n<p>Gov.\u200d Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is facing a\u200d critical challenge as he seeks support\u2062 for his presidential\u2064 campaign. The loss of\u2064 backing from his wealthy donors could be a warning sign for his\u200d political aspirations.<\/p>\n<p>A\u2062 recent \u200canalysis by\u2062 Politico \u200breveals that out of\u200c the 50\u200d donors who generously contributed\u2063 at least $160,000 to his previous campaigns leading up to his 2022 gubernatorial reelection, only 16, less than one-third, have chosen to donate to his allied super PAC Never Back Down. Additionally, only eight donors have directly contributed to his campaign. It&#8217;s important to note that super PACs have no limit on contributions, while direct campaign donations are subject to limitations.<\/p>\n<h3>Shifting Loyalties and Support<\/h3>\n<p>Among those who have not contributed to his presidential campaign, five have switched their allegiance to another candidate. Furthermore, five donors who have given to his super PAC are also supporting a different Republican candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, former Illinois\u200d Gov. Bruce Rauner, one of\u2062 DeSantis&#8217;s major donors during his 2022 campaign, seems to \u2062have withdrawn his support for \u2062DeSantis in 2024.\u2064 Instead, Rauner appears to be favoring former United Nations Ambassador Nikki \u200dHaley.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI think he\u2019s done a terrific job as governor of Florida, and I\u2019ve\u2064 been, as I think you know,\u2064 a big supporter\u200b of him in\u2063 that role,\u201d Rauner said. \u2062Then, he added, \u201cI think Nikki \u2063Haley probably \u200bhas \u200bthe best chance to\u2064 win the general election. &#8230; I \u200dthink everyone is trying to sort things out. We gotta win. We gotta win the general.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The decline in support from major donors reflects \u200dthe \u200dchallenges DeSantis&#8217;s campaign has faced in recent months. His popularity in \u2064national polls has significantly decreased since \u200cMarch, with recent polls indicating that he\u200c is struggling to \u2062maintain a support level above 15%. \u2063In contrast, former President Donald Trump consistently garners over half of the Republican vote in most recent polls.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these setbacks, DeSantis&#8217;s campaign remains well-funded, with Never \u200dBack Down reporting a substantial $97 million on hand by the end of June.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cRon DeSantis outraised\u2064 both Biden and Trump last quarter, and we \u200bcontinue to see overwhelming \u2063enthusiasm from grassroots and major supporters chipping in to help \u2063our campaign,\u201d\u2064 said Andrew \u200dRomeo, a DeSantis campaign \u2063spokesman. \u201cWe look forward to\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-campaign-responds-to-closure-of-unaffiliated-scam-pac\/\" title=\"DeSantis Campaign reacts to shutdown of independent 'fraudulent' PAC.\">continued fundraising success<\/a> this quarter as we capitalize on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dixon-whitmer-in-statistical-tie-new-poll-finds-michigan-race-going-down-to-the-wire\/\" title=\"Dixon, Whitmer In Statistical Tie, New Poll Finds; Michigan Race Going \u2018Down To The Wire\u2019\">strong debate performance<\/a> and momentum in the early states.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As the race for the presidency intensifies, DeSantis must navigate the challenges of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-losing-support-among-wealthy-donors\/\" title=\"DeSantis losing favor with affluent contributors.\">retaining\u2064 donor \u2063support<\/a> \u2063while also appealing to \u200da \u2063broader base of voters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is losing backing from affluent contributors, a potential red flag for his presidential bid. Politico&#8217;s study reveals that out of 50 donors who contributed a minimum of $160,000 to his previous campaigns, merely 16, less than a third, have contributed to his 2022 gubernatorial reelection campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2024127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2024126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2024126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2024127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2024126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2024126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2024126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}