The 2024 presidential race is taking shape

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis filed paperwork to run in the 2024 Republican presidential primary yesterday afternoon, hours before formally announcing his campaign in a glitchy Twitter Spaces event hosted by CEO Elon Musk.

With the addition of DeSantis, seven candidates have now officially entered the 2024 presidential race on the Republican side. The other potential nominees are:

• Former President Donald Trump
• South Carolina Senator Tim Scott
• Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley
• Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson
• Former biotech executive Vivek Ramaswamy
• Talk radio host Larry Elder

🔵 On the Democratic side… President Biden officially announced his reelection bid late last month. Two political activists with no elected experience – Marianne Williamson and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – have also thrown their hats into the ring, but the DNC has committed to supporting Biden’s reelection and isn’t planning to sponsor any primary debates for 2024.

📊 What do the polls say?... As it stands today, former President Trump is the GOP frontrunner, with support from 54% of likely Republican voters, per the latest data from FiveThirtyEight’s poll aggregator. Gov. DeSantis ranks second with 21%, while all other candidates are at 5% or less.

• On a national level, President Biden is polling virtually even with both former President Trump and Gov. DeSantis, and is slightly ahead compared to other GOP candidates.

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