Ron DeSantis: Eyes on the White House?

Governor Ron DeSantis has been making waves in Florida, but is he gearing up for more than a second term in the Governor's mansion? How good are his reelection chances and is the Governor looking towards a potential White House run?

We speak with David Turner of the Democratic Governors Association and Matt Klink, GOP strategist.

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SOT Trump?Ron DeSantis in 2018
SOT Trump
he's going to be your next governor. Ron DeSantis cheers 00:23
Butted to
Sot Ron Desantis
I appreciate your support, Mr President, but I appreciate more
The leadership you're showing for our great country

IN 2018 RON DESANTIS EEKED OUT A TIGHT RACE TO BECOME FLORIDA'S GOVERNOR...

NOW... POLITICAL ANALYSTS SAY HIS 2022 GUBERNATORIAL RUN COULD BE JUST A PIT STOP ON HIS ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE...

SOT Matt Klink
Gover Desantis should definitely take credit florida's economy is booming.
and that will not only help his relection But it makes him a very attractive prospect either as the top of the ticket or the second on the ticket for 2024.

ROUNDLY CRITICIZED BY THE LEFT FOR REOPENING FLORIDA LAST SUMMER... THE GOVERNOR NOW TOUTING HIS STATE'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY... AND THAT SPOTLIGHT COULD PUT HIM AHEAD EARLY...

THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR'S ASSOCIATION, HOWEVER, SAYS UNSEATING DESANTIS IS A PRIORITY...

SOT David Turner, Democratic Governors Association
who someone who's out of touch, someone who's doesn't represent the vast majority of what Floridians believes. That's why he's been signing these uh restrictions on voting, um why he's pandered to the far right of his party. I think that that's going to come back to haunt him in November of 2022.

IN RECENT POLLING, GOVERNOR DESANTIS IS SITTING AT A 53% APPROVAL RATE... THAT'S UP FROM LAST SUMMER... BUT NOTABLY DOWN FROM THE START OF HIS TERM IN 2019 WHEN HE WAS FLOATING MORE MODERATE POLICIES...

NOT SURPRISINGLY, HIS APPROVAL FALLS PRETTY CLEARLY AMONG PARTY LINES... BUT CRITICALLY FOR DESANTIS... AMONG INDEPENDENTS... HE SITS AT 59% APPROVAL ... AND THAT COULD BE TELLING FOR BOTH 2022... AND 2024...

Sot Matt Klink
there are moderate voters that lean conservative that certainly like what he stood for in part because he has gone against the grain 7:40

THE LAST TIME A DEMOCRAT SAT IN THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION IN FLORIDA... OVER TWENTY YEARS AGO... .