Opinion: This is the real reason Ron DeSantis is struggling in the polls

ThatRobGuy said:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/09/opinions/ron-desantis-struggling-in-polls-obeidallah/index.html

Dean makes some interesting points in this one...


I think there was some false assumptions about Trump being popular for being right-wing (which is presumably why DeSantis is trying to outflank him on the right), when it's looking more and more like the "draw" was that he was a "middle finger to the establishment".

The examples Dean cites are the fact that Trump sided with Disney over DeSantis (certainly not a right wing viewpoint), Trump also brags about the vaccine (that many on the right don't like) and acts as if he was in the lab making it himself, and even attacks DeSantis for saying "woke" too much and criticized him for being too strict on abortion. Yet, it doesn't seem to have hurt his polling numbers in the republican field.

Clearly they seem to be attracted more to the man and less to the policy. It would seem as if Trump could adopt some more leftist viewpoints if he wanted to, and his die-hard supporters would still love him, and the people on the other side would still hate him.

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ThatRobGuy said:

Clearly they seem to be attracted more to the man and less to the policy. It would seem as if Trump could adopt some more leftist viewpoints if he wanted to, and his die-hard supporters would still love him, and the people on the other side would still hate him.

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