June 02 2023
Ron DeSantis' campaign is off to a rough start. His poll numbers have dropped since his launch so it comes as no surprise that Americans aren't interested in watching DeSantis.
Ron DeSantis' first post-announcement television interview with Trey Gowdy garnered just 1.9 million viewers on Fox News. It wasn't even Fox's most watched hour that day as the Five got 2.6 million viewers. DeSantis' announcement on Twitter had about 300,000 live listeners while at least 12.5 million watched President Trump's campaign announcement.
President Trump's town hall with Sean Hannity on Fox News Thursday night even had more viewers than DeSantis' Gowdy interview. President Trump's town hall on Fox had 2.7 million viewers.
DeSantis' trouble in drawing interest continued into Friday. There were more people on YouTube tuned into high school baseball and softball games than DeSantis' event in South Carolina.