I dont get the sense that its "most republicans". Desantis is currently polling higher than trump in some surveys. However, Ron appears to be as uninformed as trump - or biden - on actual topics like economy, foreign policy, education, etc. He'd probably agree with Biden that a photo op with a saudi oil sheik could fix something.
On the democrat side, newsome is fantasizing about challenging biden, while white house insiders coalesce around kamala harris. Both of those names generate no enthusiam in me either.
Here in Florida we have the best economy in the country. Our conservative Republican culture (which wasn't always in power) lifted the state up from worse times. Governor DeSantis has maintained that culture and supported it.
Trump knows more about an economy than any Democrat living today. While most Democrats are stupid and on welfare, The Donald single handedly created an international real estate empire valued at around $11 billion. As president, he inherited a piss poor economy and brought it back, almost single handedly.
Governor DeSantis hasn't had to inherit any such problems, so he really hasn't been tested. (Not like when Jeb Bush inherited that clusterfck from Rotten Chiles.) But our Governor is very successful and wildly popular. We do not want to share him with America yet, especially when Trump (the greatest President in history) will have his second term starting in 24.
I could see Governor DeSantis tagging Ted Cruz as a running mate, so that after eight years of DeSantis, America would be in good hands with Vice President Cruz taking over.