DeSantis: Haley Should Drop Out If She Can’t Win Her Home State (He’s 39 Points Behind Trump In Florida)

Florida Politics reports:

“What is her path in South Carolina? Because I don’t think if you lose your home state that you can continue,” he said of Nikki Haley on Good Morning New Hampshire. However, a quick look at state-level polling shows DeSantis and Haley have the same problem in their respective home states, in that they both trail Donald Trump by massive margins.

In South Carolina, the Emerson College Poll shows Trump with 54%, Haley with 29% and DeSantis with 7% support. Yet in Florida, DeSantis is worse off than Haley, well below even that 29% number in GOP Primary polls. The University of North Florida Public Opinion Research Lab showed Trump had 60% support while DeSantis had just 21% backing.

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.@RonDeSantis says a Governor losing a ‘home state’ should leave 2024 race. (That Governor would be @NikkiHaley, though.)

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— Phil Ammann (@PhilAmmann) January 18, 2024