December 06, 2023
Here is everything you will need for tonight's debate at your fingertips. Spoiler alert: Pornography and poop maps won't save Ron DeSantis tonight. Read more in the Washington Examiner.
Nikki Haley Is Up, Ron DeSantis Is Down
- Iowa, Des Moines Register/NBC poll, 10/30/31: Haley 16% (+10) - DeSantis 16% (-3)
- New Hampshire: UNH/CNN poll, 11/16/23: Haley 20% - DeSantis 9%
- South Carolina: CNN poll, 10/31: Haley 22% - DeSantis 11%
Ron DeSantis' Many Lies
- DeSantis lied about Haley's record on Gaza refugees fact-checked here, here, and here.
- DeSantis lied about banning fracking and off-shore drilling, fact-checked here.
- DeSantis lied about his own role in recruiting Chinese companies and investment in Florida, detailed here, here, and here.
- DeSantis lied about giving Chinese companies subsidies and favors, fact-checked here.
- DeSantis lied about Haley's comments on Hillary Clinton, fact-checked here and here.
The DeSantis Campaign Is a "Dumpster Fire" (their words, not ours)
- NBC: Ron DeSantis' team was going after Nikki Haley. They turned on each other instead.
- New York Times: DeSantis super PAC C.E.O. resigns
- New York Times: DeSantis super PAC suffers another big staff loss, this time its chairman
- AP: Three officials have left a pro-DeSantis super PAC in the group's latest shake-up
- NBC: In latest reset, Ron DeSantis super PAC names third CEO in two weeks
- Politico: DeSantis campaign blames its own super PAC for leaks, bad TV advertising
- Bloomberg: DeSantis campaign in turmoil ahead of Republican primary voting, Campaign staff, donors are skeptical of DeSantis' chances
Haley Outperforms Everyone in the General Election
- National, Harris poll, 12/5/23: Haley +10, Trump +6, DeSantis +2
- National, Marquette poll, 11/15/23: Haley +12, Trump +2, DeSantis +2 (likely voters)
- National, Fox News poll, 11/15/23: Haley +11, Trump +4, DeSantis +5
- New Hampshire, Emerson poll, 11/15/23: Haley +6, Trump -5, DeSantis -8
- National, CNN poll, 11/7/23: Haley +6, Trump +4, DeSantis +2
- Battleground states, New York Times/Siena College poll, 11/6/23: Haley +9, Trump +3, DeSantis +3 (likely voters)
Nikki Haley, Haley Campaign Press Release - Debate #4 Cheat Sheet Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/369833