When long-ago rapper Luniz coined the phrase “I got five on it,” he wasn’t referring to presidential polling.
Because a “five” in that context isn’t very good, as Florida’s Governor is finding out.
In New Hampshire’s First in the Nation Presidential Primary, Ron DeSantis is fifth in the running according to fresh polling from the New Hampshire Journal.
The survey finds DeSantis with 5% support, behind Nikki Haley (9%), Marco Rubio (10%), Donald Trump, Jr. (15%), and Vice President JD Vance (43%).
This is the third poll this Spring to find DeSantis at 5%. Emerson College and St. Anselm College surveys were the other two.
The Granite State allows for same-day selection of primary preference, meaning that independent voters, who weren’t polled here, would make a difference potentially to these results were they extrapolated to the actual ballot.
But for DeSantis, whose campaign flamed out after an ignominious under-performance in Iowa, and who withdrew from the campaign before a likely drubbing in New Hampshire, this survey is the latest indication that his brand of conservatism doesn’t translate in this historically pivotal state.
National voices are counting DeSantis out, particularly in light of Rubio’s prominence in the White House.
CNN political analyst Harry Enten said this month “there really isn’t a lane” for DeSantis should he bother to run again, based on putrid performance in polls and prediction markets.
“I couldn’t even say that that run would implode, because it wouldn’t really be anywhere to start out with,” Enten said.
Despite DeSantis’ doldrums, he keeps getting asked what’s next.
“I am in my mid-40s, ’28, you know, maybe beyond that. I think that there’s a lot of runway,” DeSantis recently told interviewer Charles Gasparino.
During the colloquy at the Milken Institute in California, DeSantis said he will “be very active all the way through January of 2027,” and after that, he will “look to see what we want to do.”
The survey was of 350 registered Republican voters and conducted from April 22 to May 13.
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