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    Calculations on the DeSantis Primary Bid

    Readers weigh in on the Florida governor’s run for the 2024 GOP nomination.
    by Conor Friedersdorf http://www.theatlantic.com/author/conor-friedersdorf/?utm_source=scribd May 31, 2023 6 minutes
    Source: Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Scott McIntyre / NYT / Redux

    Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Later, he publishes some thoughtful replies. Sign up for the newsletter here.

    Replies have been edited for length and clarity.

    Last week I asked readers if they want Ron DeSantis’s Republican primary campaign to succeed or to fail.

    Ann wants DeSantis to win the nomination over Donald Trump:

    DeSantis had a really good interview with Trey Gowdy on the Fox News Channel. He seemed strong, grounded, realistic, determined, capable, balanced, and smart. And he has the values we as Americans should embrace (at least most of them). Donald Trump, unfortunately, cannot control himself. He is too irrational, too narcissistic, and not smart. I voted for Trump the last time, but I hope that I get to vote for DeSantis this time.

    Many readers disagreed about whether they feared Trump or DeSantis more. For example, Matt’s top priority is preventing Trump from returning to the White House:

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