Gov. Ron DeSantis claims his “spiel” is resonating with Granite State voters and will help him close a polling gap with not just Donald Trump but also Nikki Haley, the two candidates leading him in polls.
During an interview on “The Pulse of NH,” DeSantis told host Jack Heath that the more time he spends in the state, the better he does.
“What I found when I’m out is I will say, I will do my spiel, or I’ll just meet with voters, and people come up to me and they’ll say, ‘You flipped me from Trump to you. I’m with you now,’” the Governor said.
DeSantis acknowledges that Trump has “got a certain base of support,” but the Governor said “there’s way more people that definitely aren’t going to vote for him. And then there’s a lot of voters who are considering him, but also considering others and he’s very well known, he gets most of the media attention.”
“That’s why I think it’s important to be on the ground in Iowa and New Hampshire,” DeSantis added. “The media can say what they want. When voters are able to kick the tires, shake your hand, ask you a question, listen to your message, that trumps everything else out there.”
The Florida Governor also doesn’t believe the current polling reflects where voters will end up.
“If you look at how this race has gone, you know, you’ve had Trump, you’ve had me, then someone will get up and then they’ll go down, someone will go up and they’ll go down. So I think that’s just kind of the cycle about how that happens,” DeSantis argued.
“But the reality is this party is going to nominate somebody that has a record of delivering on America first principles. And I have that record. I don’t think the other Trump challengers have that same record.”
As we’ve reported before, opinion surveys suggest Granite State voters are fading the Florida Governor.
According to the Race to the White House polling average, his 11% is good for third place, behind Trump (46%) and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (15%).
But other polls have shown Haley further ahead in the battle for second place. A USA Today/Boston Globe/Suffolk Poll released earlier this month showed her with 19%, nearly doubling DeSantis’ 10%.
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