Reeher Talks to The Hill Article About the Battle for the GOP Presidential Nomination

April 22, 2023

The Hill

Grant Reeher

Political Science Department

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The Hill

Grant Reeher

An Economist/YouGov poll last week asked respondents whether or not they wanted Trump to run for president again in 2024. A resounding 57 percent said no, while just 30 percent said yes. Even among Republicans, 27 percent said they didn’t want to see Trump run again and an additional 14 percent said they were not sure.

“That is the lane” for other Republican candidates says Grant Reeher, professor of political science. He further argues that DeSantis “is increasingly positioning himself as Trump Lite,” and so leaving room for a more clear-cut alternative.

Read more in The Hill article, “The Memo: GOP 2024 battle isn’t just a Trump-DeSantis race.”