The campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination is already underway, although the presence of Donald Trump means it’s not as open as it would normally be. Ron DeSantis seems to have moved to the top of the field–Predicit has him at 0.23, with Trump at 0.31 and everyone else below 0.10. I wondered whether DeSantis’s position was slipping given the rise of Covid in Florida, so I looked for figures on the popularity of state governors. CONTINUED
David Weakliem, University of Connecticut