Ron DeSantis, who vowed to ban central bank digital currencies if elected U.S. president, was roughly 30 points behind former President Donald Trump in a key state race.
Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida and a candidate for the 2024 United States presidential election, has come in second in a key battleground state for the Republican Party nomination.
According to multiple media outlets reporting on the Iowa Republican caucus on Jan. 15, DeSantis lost to former U.S. President Donald Trump with roughly 21% of the vote. Iowa results at the time of publication showed 23,420 people voted for DeSantis compared with 56,260 for Trump, winning the Florida governor eight delegates in the Republican National Convention scheduled for July.
The Florida governor has largely polled behind Trump by more than 10 points since launching his campaign and, according to some polls, behind presidential candidate Nikki Haley. Vivek Ramaswamy, a contender for the Republican Party nomination who proposed a crypto-focused policy framework, dropped out of the race on Jan. 15 following the results of the Iowa Caucus, where he finished with roughly 8% of the vote.
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Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/florida-governor-cbdc-ban-second-iowa-caucus