{"id":2245182,"date":"2024-05-15T14:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T18:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-ron-2024-republicans-want-desantis-for-vice-president\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T14:19:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T18:19:54","slug":"don-ron-2024-republicans-want-desantis-for-vice-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-ron-2024-republicans-want-desantis-for-vice-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans are eyeing DeSantis for VP in 2024"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fdon-ron-2024-republicans-want-desantis-for-vice-president%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=2245182&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--><p>Republican voters have expressed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-continues-to-push-infrastructure-plan-on-gop\/\" title=\"Biden continues to push infrastructure plan on GOP\">strong preference<\/a>\u2062 for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barbara-lees-super-pac-touts-1-5-million-q2-haul-while-outlining-path-to-victory\/\" title=\"Barbara Lee's super PAC boasts .5M Q2 earnings, maps out victory plan.\">top\u200d choice<\/a> for former President Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">running mate<\/a> in the upcoming election.\u2063 DeSantis leads the pack with 29% of the votes, highlighting his energetic and\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lives-matter-co-founder-resigns-from-post-after-portfolio-controversy\/\" title=\"Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Resigns from Post After Portfolio Controversy\">successful leadership<\/a>\u2062 in\u2062 Florida. Read more\u200b about the GOP voters&#8217; sentiments\u2064 [here](https:\/\/issuesinsights.com\/2024\/05\/15\/forget-the-media-spin-heres-who<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parallels-being-drawn-between-behavior-of-biden-and-cuomo\/\" title=\"Parallels being drawn between behavior of Biden and Cuomo\">-gop-voters-<\/a>really-favor-as-trumps-v-p-ii-tipp-poll\/).  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>voters<\/a> have largely settled on who they want former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> to select as his running mate.<\/p>\n<p>As both the first and second pick, Florida Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-desantis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ron DeSantis<\/a> is the choice, and it\u2019s not close.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeSantis, the energetic and successful Florida governor, takes in 29% of all the votes,\u201d said the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/issuesinsights.com\/2024\/05\/15\/forget-the-media-spin-heres-who-gop-voters-really-favor-as-trumps-v-p-ii-tipp-poll\/\" title>I&#038;I\/TIPP<\/a> poll.<\/p>\n<p>Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, whom Trump has ruled out of the running, is the next favorite but far off in the survey.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Trump has promised to announce his choice soon, and he said that his supporters won\u2019t find it surprising, a big hint that DeSantis is at or near the top of Trump\u2019s list too.<\/p>\n<p>Others at the top of the poll include South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, Vivek Ramaswamy Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, and former Health Secretary Ben Carson.<\/p>\n<p>Long shots include media\u2019s Tucker Carlson and Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Marjorie-Taylor-Greene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> (R-GA).<\/p>\n<p>The survey came up with its results by asking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican<\/a> voters who their first choice would be, then asking who their second choice would be, and then averaging them together.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis won both questions, making him the easy pick.<\/p>\n<p>The polling analysis explained why that process works to come up with how voters feel.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy do this exercise? By adding the two totals, we get a more-focused reading on whom Republican voters like best and want most as their next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vice-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>vice president<\/a>. It\u2019s a hidden preference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it isn\u2019t really close, given the number of contestants. DeSantis, the energetic and successful Florida governor, takes in 29% of all the votes. Only Haley (12%), Abbott (12%), Ramaswamy (11%), Carson and Scott (both at 10%) reach double digits, though, at 9% [Tulsi] Gabbard gets close,\u201d said the analysis.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican voters overwhelmingly prefer Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as the top choice for former President Donald Trump&#8217;s running mate in 2024. With 29% of the votes, DeSantis emerges as the frontrunner, lauded for his energy and success as the governor of Florida, according to the latest I&amp;I\/TIPP survey results<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2245183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24030538462551-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2245182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24030538462551-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245182","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\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2245182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2245183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2245182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2245182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2245182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}