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The poll was taken at the Western Conservative Summit over the weekend
1,114 attendees were asked to check off as many candidates as they'd like to see run in 2024 from a list of top potentials
DeSantis was checked off by 71.0 percent of respondents, Trump by 67.8, and Sen. Ted Cruz in third by 28.7 percent
DeSantis also won the straw poll last year
Neither Trump nor DeSantis have announced a run for the presidency
Meanwhile a recent poll of Wisconsin state GOP convention-goers found that more Republicans want DeSantis to be the nominee than Trump

By Morgan Phillips, Politics Reporter For Dailymail.Com

Published: 10:16 EDT, 6 June 2022 | Updated: 11:16 EDT, 6 June 2022

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis beat out former President Trump in another straw poll asking conservatives who they'd like to see at the top of the ticket in 2024.

The poll was taken at the Western Conservative Summit over the weekend, where 1,114 attendees were asked to check off as many candidates as they'd like to see run in 2024 from a list of top potentials.

DeSantis was checked off by 71.0 percent of respondents, Trump by 67.8, and Sen. Ted Cruz in third by 28.7 percent. DeSantis also won the straw poll last year.

Dr. Ben Carson, Trump's Housing and Urban Development secretary, came in fourth with 24.1 percent, leading over Sarah Huckabee Sanders at 18.4 percent, Sen. Tim Scott at 17.4 percent, Mike Pompeo at 16.7 and Donald Trump Jr. 16.2. Trailing Trump Jr. were Nikki Haley at 15.5 and Mike Pence at 14.3.

Neither Trump nor DeSantis have announced a run for the presidency.

Meanwhile a recent poll of Wisconsin state GOP convention-goers found that more Republicans want DeSantis to be the nominee than Trump.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis beat out former President Trump in another straw poll asking conservatives who they'd like to see at the top of the ticket in 2024

Neither Trump nor DeSantis have formally committed to running for the presidency

Viewing a potential 2024 field, 38 percent of convention-goers wanted DeSantis, 32 percent favored Trump and 7 percent wanted former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley.

Not wanting to commit to challenging a former president, potential 2024 contenders have so far been stuck in limbo waiting on Trump to publicly commit one way or another on whether he'll run. Trump has been testing his 'kingmaker' status within the party over a series of spring primary races that pit Trump-backed candidates against a number of his incumbent foes who refused to deny the results of the 2020 election.

Trump is still mulling over whether to throw his hat into the ring, but some of his advisers reportedly say that he could announce his candidacy as soon as this summer.

Last month a new political action committee led by Ed Rollins, Ronald Reagan's 1984 campaign chair, launched to 'draft' DeSantis into running for president.

Asked if he has presidential ambitions, DeSantis has said he is focused on winning re-election in the Sunshine State this November.

The Florida governor has as of late garnered national headlines for his bill that bans classrooms from discussing gender and sexuality in grades kindergarten through 3rd and his war with the Walt Disney Company.

DeSantis played coy when the 2024 question was posed to him on 'The Truth with Lisa Booth': 'My goal would be, if we win the election really big, people like you who analyze these things are going to say: 'The days of Florida being a swing state are over. Florida is a red state.' And I think that's because of a lot of what we've done.'

Trump and DeSantis have not broken publicly, as has happened with a number of other one-time Trump acolytes who now have eyes on 2024, but the pair have come awfully close.

After DeSantis in a news conference refused to say whether he had gotten the booster shot in December, Trump on OAN slammed as 'gutless' politicians who won't say whether they've been boosted

Two days later, DeSantis said on the 'Ruthless' podcast he regretted not speaking out 'much louder' against the Trump administration lockdowns in the early days of Covid-19.

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