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When you read between the lines, DeSantis's 19 point win is a lot less impressive. He won only 5% of Dems in 2022 He only won Indies against a candidate who ran a worse campaign than Mastriano by 8% Trump gained 400K more votes from 2016->2020 than RDS gained from 2018->2022 It all comes down to turnout, and the FL-Dems are about as weak of a state party as the Michigan Republicans are. Florida Republicans have become increasingly competent, and thus were able to turnout voters in an effective, efficient manner. If Republicans in every state took advantage of early/mail-in votes like Florida Rs did, it would have been a very different night. Also, DeSantis outspending Crist by 100 Million played a major role in boosting Republican turnout. Still, turnout overall was lower than in 2018 despite many new people moving to the state. Marco Rubio was outspent by Val Demings by $30M and won by a similar margin, which is more impressive given the fact that national races are more polarizing. Republicans won the Generic Congressional Ballot in the state by 21, even when accounting for uncontested races. Every other statewide race saw Republicans outperforming Ron DeSantis. Does that mean we instantly make Ashley Moody President? Of course not. In short, there is zero correlation from 2022 to how RDS would do on the national stage. He will be outspent, attacked vehemently on national issues like trade, and will have to showcase his robotic tendencies to the entire nation 24/7. I sincerely doubt he would do "better than Trump", or would stand a chance against Joe Biden. Especially in states like Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, one of which is needed to win for Republicans to get to 270.