DeSantis drops, Ramaswamy rises: Re-ranking the 2024 Republican presidential field

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ald Trump was wounded, and Ron DeSantis was building a juggernaut. Wh

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n POLITICO launched its 2024 Republican presidential candidate tracker”,”link”:{“target”:”NEW”,”attributes”:[],”url”:”https://www.politico.com/interactives/2023/republican-candidates-2024-gop-presidential-hopefuls-list/”,”_id”:”0000018a-3197-d96d-a1fa-33ff07d70000″,”_type”:”33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df”},”_id”:”0000018a-3197-d96d-a1fa-33ff07d70001″,”_type”:”02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266″}”>2024 Republican presidential candidate tracker in March, the GOP was still smarting over a weaker-than-expected midterm election thanks to Trump’s influence. DeSantis had emerged as Trump’s top challenger and was marshaling his resources to launch a giant-killing campaign. Bu

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five months later — a span that’s seen four indictments, three DeSantis layoff sprees and one Trump-less debate — it’s Trump unambiguously on top. An

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everyone else, DeSantis included, way behind. Th

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t’s why we’re reshuffling the candidates on the tracker. The biggest

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