Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) defeated former President Donald Trump on a fictitious ballot for the 2024 presidential election.
Attendees at the Western Conservative Summit, hosted through the Centennial Institute, a body linked to Colorado Christian University, were invited Saturday to vote on 31 2024 presidential candidates, adding Republican and Democratic candidates. Not surprisingly, the names of the Republican Party dominated the results.
DeSantis came out ahead with 74% of the vote; Trump received 71%; Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) reached 43%; former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with 39%; and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) with 36 percent, according to a Centennial Institute news release. Former Vice President Mike Pence came in tenth.
“The mock ballot used an ‘approval approach’ that allowed participants to vote for multiple answers to each question,” the press release said. “The approach ensures that the survey has more effect, as it should reflect the views of participants. “
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Among the Democratic options, former prime Minister Michelle Obama and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) were in the lead with 2. 96 percent support. President Joe Biden followed with 2. 43%.
Participants were also invited to mark one of the 25 most important political issues. The five most sensible were immigration/border security at 82 percent, election integrity at 79 percent, religious freedom at 75 percent, federal budget/deficit at 74 percent, and gun rights at 74 percent.
Florida’s governor had ruled in the past on an informal vote in May at a Wisconsin Republican conference with 38 percent of the vote. Trump won 32 percent.
Trump came out ahead of DeSantis in the polls.
30 percent of respondents in a May poll conducted through Harvard CAPS-Harris said they would help Trump in a hypothetical number one Republican race in 2024, with DeSantis at 8 percent. In addition, the most likely 47 percent of the Republican electorate said they would help Trump. for the party’s nomination in the upcoming presidential election, while DeSantis went far with 20 percent, according to a February vote via Rasmussen Reports.
Neither Trump nor DeSantis have announced a white house bid, Trump has continually hinted that he will run for president in 2024, most recently when he appears at the NRA conference in May. DeSantis is recently running for re-election as governor of Florida.
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The Centennial Institute has not yet responded to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment.