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Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis On January 21, he announced he was dropping out of the presidential race...
"If there was anything I could do to achieve the desired result, which is more events and interviews as part of the campaign, I would do it. But I can't ask the people who support us to give their time and resources for no reason unless we have a clear path to victory. That's why today I am announcing the suspension of my election campaign," he said in a video message on his social networking site X (formerly Twitter).
The politician added a quote from Winston Churchill: "Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is only the courage to continue that counts."
DeSantis has also come out in support of Donald Trump's presidential candidacy, though he admitted that he disagrees with him.
Earlier, on 19 January, The New York Times (NYT), citing its sources, wrote that Senator Tim Scott (South Carolina), popular among Republicans, who had previously declared himself a candidate for the US presidency, would urge Americans to vote for Donald Trump.
On January 16, Trump received 51 % votes in the caucus (a form of intra-party selection for his subsequent participation in the election). Florida Governor Ron Desantis came in second (21 %) and former US Permanent Representative to the UN and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley came in third (19 %).
With 8 percent of the vote, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy announced he was withdrawing his candidacy and urged his supporters to back Trump. A number of Republican candidates have recently dropped out of the race for the US presidency, reducing Trump's competition. Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson withdrew his candidacy, Tim Scott and shortly before him Mike Pence made the same decision.
Reuters reported on January 10 that 49 % Republicans intend to vote for Trump in the intra-party primary. The poll was conducted from 3 to 9 January, with more than 1.9 thousand Americans participating.
On 9 December, reporters from The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump had overtaken incumbent US President Joe Biden in the polls for the first time. According to the cited data, if it were just a choice between the two, 47 % US citizens would vote for Trump. Meanwhile, 43 % voters would prefer to see Biden in a second term.
Even before that, on 16 November, The Economist wrote that the possibility of Donald Trump winning the US presidential election was becoming increasingly real. According to several polls, he is leading Biden in the electoral states. In one poll published by The New York Times, 59 % voters trusted him on the economy, while only 37 % trusted the current president.
The next 60th presidential election is scheduled for November 5, 2024. If the incumbent loses the election, the 47th President of the United States will take office. Party conventions will be held in August and September, at which one candidate from each party will be officially endorsed. The final stage will be the November ballot.
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