During the first live airing of Human Events, guest Big Data Poll Director Richard Baris revealed how voters feel about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis following his announcement that he is running for president.
Baris said that DeSantis experienced a "slump" in numbers following his announcement on Twitter last week which was filled with technical difficulties.
Around 600 voters were asked to listen in and give their opinions on the announcement, with Baris saying that DeSantis ultimately "lost a point."
"It was very confusing to certain voters, especially older voters, they don’t get it. They just don’t understand it, Jack, you know barring the technical difficulties, they didn’t understand why he would do it this way," said Baris.
Baris added that younger "credentialed by academia" voters that were previously "giving Ron DeSantis a look, or did months ago," have switched back to Trump.
"For them, it was where’s Ukraine, where’s immigration, more detail on immigration, where’s foreign policy? It was a bit of a sycophant fest, right? So you have all the supporters just, like, throwing questions like 'why are you so awesome,' you know, at the candidate and that’s not how you win voters."
Posobiec and Baris noted that DeSantis focused on domestic policy, things like DEI, with Posobiec adding that the casual voter wants to know what a candidate's basic policy stances are.
"This man got his bump months ago, and then he mishandled Ukraine with Tucker, he mishandled how to respond to President Trump’s indictment by the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. He just stumbled along the way at a period when he was already getting scrutiny like a presidential candidate always gets when they finally announce."
Baris said that the approximately eight to 12 percent of people who voted for Biden after previously doing so for Trump in 2016 "made a mistake" and would vote for Trump again. On the flip side, just 2 percent said Trump voters indicated that they "made a mistake."
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