Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' biggest political asset is that he's viewed favorably by nearly all of the Republican Party's voters — across the ideological spectrum. His biggest challenge is that those sky-high approval numbers are likely to falter now.
finds 38% of Republicans consider themselves strong MAGA supporters, 28% support the MAGA movement "somewhat" and 28% don't see themselves as aligned with MAGA.finds that Trump holds a whopping 73%-25% advantage over DeSantis among MAGA devotees.Cruz mistakenly assumed that a majority of Republicans would support him as the last candidate standing against Trump. He spent much of the primary holding his fire against Trump before going on the attack.
But many Republicans viewed Cruz as the more ideological candidate and thought Trump was more moderate.The intrigue: If he keeps pandering to the most hardline conservative voters, DeSantis risks being caricatured as too hard-edged, even for some Republicans.Former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, an architect of Trump’s controversial immigration policies, is chairing the Never Back Down super PAC.
Having built up political capital with the base, DeSantis shouldn't have needed to pander to the MAGA crowd — especially on a topic that divides the GOP like foreign policy. The fact that his camp feels it still needs to win over the MAGA crowd doesn't bode well for his chances. It means that despite his deep credibility with conservatives, he's still beholden to the populism of a Trumped-up electorate.
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