With DeSantis’ withdrawal, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley is the last real candidate capable of challenging Trump for the Republican presidential nomination.
Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis will be notified by the messaging service in X withdrawing from the Republican presidential race.
DeSantis finished second to the country’s former president in the Iowa Republican primary less than a week ago Donald Trump’s after. DeSantis stated that because of the result, he could not “ask his supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources if there is no clear path to victory.”
– It is clear to me that the majority of Republican primary voters want to give Donald Trump a second chance.
At the same time, DeSantis announced that he would support Trump in the presidential race.
– He has my support, because we cannot go back to the old Republican guard of the past years or Nikki Haley’s to represent a reinvented and revived corporatism.
In an opinion poll published on Sunday, Trump had also increased his lead in New Hampshire, where the Republican primaries continue on Tuesday, January 23.
With DeSantis’ withdrawal, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley is the last real candidate capable of challenging Trump for the Republican presidential nomination.
From top contender to decline in popularity
DeSantis was widely considered a front-runner in the Republican presidential race and a natural successor to Trump because of his combative style and conservative values.
Even at the beginning of last year, DeSantis was leading Trump in numerous one-on-one opinion polls, but his popularity has been falling for months.
The fall in DeSantis’ popularity has been estimated to be a failed campaign strategy and Trump’s strong position in the party’s supporters.
DeSantis failed to convince Republican voters why he was a better candidate than Trump. At the same time, the votes of the Republicans who want to get rid of Trump have been evenly distributed among the other candidates. Moderate Republicans in particular have turned to Haley’s supporters.
Source: AFP, Reuters