DeSantis, by a Country Mile.
Haley is functionally Romney 2012 2.0, brings the suburbs “back” to slightly under 2016* but craters with Latinos & the WWC due to suburban Republicans being poison there.
*reversion may vary
DeSantis (so long as Trump doesn’t Nuke him) is generally inoffensive to most of the GOP & would have Trends at his back allowing him to hold by the nature of being an R most Trump 2020 states.
He probably gets a less suburban Trump 2016 coalition with the >1% Biden states starting as a Tossup & PA as Tilt D. IMO the suburban trend + Incumbency advantage probably in the end allows Biden* to hold at least most(won’t predict which since this is just broad strokes), and claim re-election but it’s not a lock by any stretch. *only Biden
Redder Florida, RDS overperfomes in the rust belt(sans NEPA) & Does as well/ slightly worse than a Generic Republican in the sunbelt/Suburbs
WI: D+1-R+1, OH: R+6-12 most likely(depends on how much Brown can carry Biden if at all TBH), IA: R+8-12+, NC: D+1-R+3
AZ: D+2-R+2, TX: R+2-R+5
D+2-6
D+30% CA & R+3 TX makes it hard(not impossible but *very* difficult) to break out of that.
Also RDS can still win the EC with a Biden 6% PV win I think one of the 2024 not maps have showed it, but even if it didn’t I think it’s plausible
^with Biden Shift everything right by 3% with Kamala
Both Kamala 2024 & 2028 would be in a bad spot though IMO*
*unless Biden died in office in 2023/4 then she’d have a “mourning president effect” eg Kennedy 1963
a)90%*
b)55% Yes / 45% no
*if Trump runs Biden WILL Run
Reminder I Don’t want Trump to run
Not really, best he could do is squeeze some more out of the rurals, at the expense of Biden squeezing a lot out of the Suburbs
Trump would do significantly Worse the suburbs, so much so that I struggle to see him wining states he lost this time by more than a Point + GA
Senate, Trump's Turnout effect makes it Exponentially more difficult to even have the chance of holding Ohio+MT(in comparison with *Every* GOP candidate)(should Dems gain 2+ in 2022 this is moot, but I still don't want to chance it)