I fully agree with you that Trump has been great on our issues....but, at some point you have to act somewhat presidential. His “antics” don’t bother me that much, but they do bother a lot of lukewarm Republican and Independent women in the suburbs and elsewhere. We just got our assess kicked in the 2018 and 2022 midterms mainly because of female voters. It is just a fact that Trump instantly brings out the moonbats and gins up Democrat turnout. Trump won in 2016 because Dem turnout was depressed because of the Hillary/Bernie fisasco and the belief among a lot of Dems that Trump, who had a history of taking liberal positions on a lot of issues, would be a “deal-maker” and be kind of like Nixon.
What makes you think those female voters will feel any better about DeSantis, once the MSM grabs hold of their feeble little minds?
The biggest issue in the mid terms was abortion. Women and young people(even young men) do not want abortion to be restricted. Dems came out in much higher percentages because of that single issue. My small town in NH had over 80% turnout. In my town(I helped count votes) we got our a$$es kicked fair and square.