Ron DeSantis ends presidential campaign before New Hampshire primary
Ron DeSantis is ending his 2024 Republican presidential campaign after failing to overtake Trump in polling or in the early vote
Thank god. If Trump is forced out of the race from being in jail, DeSantis was the next leader, and at this point I really don't know which one of them is worse.
Trump is worse, hands down. Trump demonstrated willingness to subvert democracy, DeSantis seems to actually care about working within the system. Maybe that means DeSantis will have more success getting policy passed, but he's less likely to become a dictator.
I highly disagree. The dude has made life for those he dislikes miserable in Florida. It has been so bad that multiple organizations have issued state of emergencies for trans people, from local trans organizations all the way up to the Human Rights Campaign. Trump is fucking horrible, Desantis is not a sliver better.
His policies consist solely of demonizing minorities and instilling facism as much as possible, I encourage you to read more about it.
So what serious contenders are there still for the primaries?
And is Trump still considered a serious contender when there are entire states who definitely won’t have him on the final ballot?
It's basically Nikki Haley vs Trump at this point. New Hampshire may be Haley's best bet when it comes to beating Trump in any one state at this point. Polls had shown Trump being anywhere between 10-20 points ahead, although that was before desantis dropped out. If she can win there it'll help her in other states down the line as people will see her as a more viable primary candidate.
If Haley can't build up some momentum and win a few states, it may not matter if Trump is disqualified from being on a few state ballots. He wouldn't need them to win the primary and most of those states are almost certainly going to Biden either way, so it wouldn't have much impact on the general.
Donald Trump and Nicki Haley. And Trump is not harmed in the least bit as long as he's only left off blue state ballots. That has zero effect on his ability to win electoral votes.
Yes because Colorado was never going to go to Trump anyway. Maine splits their electoral votes but 1 or 2 electoral votes are very very unlikely to make a difference in the election. And that probably won't matter anyway because SCOTUS will almost certainly rule to keep him on the ballot.
And is Trump still considered a serious contender when there are entire states who definitely won’t have him on the final ballot?
He's the only serious contender. sigh
Those states, and counting, are forced to keep him on the ballot by the Supreme Court.
I thought the supreme court case hasn't been finished yet?
It is beyond bizarre to me that we are discussing another election with Trump in it.
Why? Is there some law that he has broken and been convicted of breaking and thus officially disqualified from holding federal office? Are the democrats some kind of Amazing Pax Americana party that consistently and measurably increases the quality of life for the vast majority of Americans while also shunning foreign adventurism?
Cause unless those things are true, then it seems quite expected that Trump would run again and have a similar amount of support as he did in 2020.
Oh God. I thought I recognized your username. You were the guy defending Nazis here in Australia I responded to on another thread.
Even sitting here in Australia it was obvious he was planning to overthrow the election months before it happened (I worked that out within 5 mins of seeing sky news at a customers house).
The guy has broken many laws (he's a rapist, tax cheat, etc).
The fact he has any support and has managed to create a cult should be a reason why nobody supports him
But sure, let's hope he has similar support to 2020 because if he can't get elected in the upcoming election, he's going straight to jail. And when he gets prosecuted for being a traitor and breaching confidential information, hopefully he gets life imprisonment and isn't eligible to run (he already shouldn't be technically)
Definitely Back Down
