His rise reminds me of the one of Trump. However they underestimated Trump even more. Betting companies see DeSantis as favorite. Though Trump could ruin his chance. It will be very interesting how DeSantis will react. Maybe he thinks he can wait. I mean Trump could even run as independent and ruin DeSantis career.
2016 was astonishing for me. I did not spend that much time on politics to that time. Even way less on the US. I can remember I bought my favorite news magazine to read about the US 2016 (roundabout a week prior to it). They made fun of Trump, said he humiliated himself and the GOP. They wrote something like it will take a long time to recover from Trump. It was a lesson for them because they relied on a right-wing populistic.
For me this was a very informative lesson. It taught me be less susceptible for conventional wisdom bullshit. The whole German speaking press writes almost the same opinion about the US. It really is a bubble. They copy many texts of US media elites. I think they see for example the NYT as role model.
I tried to diversify my news outlets. I watch more independent media since. But I think the US independent media is way better than German independent media. I follow US politics more closely since. And I enjoy it.
But I probably have a lot of biases. It is difficult to estimate/judge the atmosphere of a country if you never visited it.
So you can give me your impression why you think DeSantis is popular. I will give you mine.
DeSantis benefits of Trump's downturn. They are searching for a new strong leader. Trump has a huge followership in the base. Though the party and media elites have dropped Trump. Due to the fact he led to 3 lost elections. And his response was often the election was rigged. I think he said something insane prior to the Midterms. When the GOP wins he fully deserves the credits, and when they lose he has no respsonsibility. Trump is too extreme for independents. At least on decorum and civility. I think policy wise DeSantis is similar to Trump. I am not sure how much DeSantis values democracy. I think most Americans have more confidence in him than me.
DeSantis is successful in the culture war. I think he has some popular stances on it. During the covid crisis he could present himself as fighter for liberty. And I think liberty is very essential for many Americans. I think Trump or DeSantis are as American as apple pie. Trump always talks like the common man not this politician bullshit. I think many liked that. He framed himself as the fighter against the elites. Which was super popular. With Clinton as enemy it was easy to portray the Dems as arrogant.
DeSantis has probably some popular stances on economy. In this catastrophe recently he could portray himself as a strong leader.
I think DeSantis would be the favorite against Biden or Newsom. But it is not unlikely that Trump succeeds to ruin his chance. The GOP leaders won't like that.
2016 was astonishing for me. I did not spend that much time on politics to that time. Even way less on the US. I can remember I bought my favorite news magazine to read about the US 2016 (roundabout a week prior to it). They made fun of Trump, said he humiliated himself and the GOP. They wrote something like it will take a long time to recover from Trump. It was a lesson for them because they relied on a right-wing populistic.
For me this was a very informative lesson. It taught me be less susceptible for conventional wisdom bullshit. The whole German speaking press writes almost the same opinion about the US. It really is a bubble. They copy many texts of US media elites. I think they see for example the NYT as role model.
I tried to diversify my news outlets. I watch more independent media since. But I think the US independent media is way better than German independent media. I follow US politics more closely since. And I enjoy it.
But I probably have a lot of biases. It is difficult to estimate/judge the atmosphere of a country if you never visited it.
So you can give me your impression why you think DeSantis is popular. I will give you mine.
DeSantis benefits of Trump's downturn. They are searching for a new strong leader. Trump has a huge followership in the base. Though the party and media elites have dropped Trump. Due to the fact he led to 3 lost elections. And his response was often the election was rigged. I think he said something insane prior to the Midterms. When the GOP wins he fully deserves the credits, and when they lose he has no respsonsibility. Trump is too extreme for independents. At least on decorum and civility. I think policy wise DeSantis is similar to Trump. I am not sure how much DeSantis values democracy. I think most Americans have more confidence in him than me.
DeSantis is successful in the culture war. I think he has some popular stances on it. During the covid crisis he could present himself as fighter for liberty. And I think liberty is very essential for many Americans. I think Trump or DeSantis are as American as apple pie. Trump always talks like the common man not this politician bullshit. I think many liked that. He framed himself as the fighter against the elites. Which was super popular. With Clinton as enemy it was easy to portray the Dems as arrogant.
DeSantis has probably some popular stances on economy. In this catastrophe recently he could portray himself as a strong leader.
I think DeSantis would be the favorite against Biden or Newsom. But it is not unlikely that Trump succeeds to ruin his chance. The GOP leaders won't like that.
