Ron DeSantis's approval rating

Source: Florida Chamber of Commerce statewide poll, conducted by Cherry Communications among likely Florida voters. Each approval figure is copied verbatim from the linked release. These releases report DeSantis's approval share; only the May 2026 wave also stated the margin over disapproval. Latest data: May 1-9, 2026. The May 2026 result was also reported independently by Florida Politics.

Because the Florida Chamber poll is a sponsored business-organization survey, it helps to check it against an independent pollster. Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy, a nonpartisan firm, surveyed 625 registered Florida voters from January 8-12, 2026 (margin of error +/- 4 points) and found 50% approve and 46% disapprove of the job DeSantis is doing as governor. Mason-Dixon noted that was down from 53% approval in its own March 2025 survey, its lowest DeSantis reading since 2020, though pollster Brad Coker described a 50% approval rating as "not bad."

Source: Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy, January 2026 (as reported by States Newsroom / Florida Phoenix, quoting the pollster). Registered-voter sample, so it is not directly comparable wave-to-wave with the Chamber's likely-voter series, but it puts DeSantis in the same low-to-mid-50s range.

Ron DeSantis is the governor of Florida, so this is a state job-approval rating: pollsters ask Florida voters whether they approve of the way he is handling his job as governor. It is a current-sentiment number about his work in office, and it is separate from any national 2028 presidential polling.

• One pollster, one question: the trend table tracks the Florida Chamber / Cherry Communications series specifically because it holds the pollster and the wording constant across every wave, which makes the direction of the number cleaner than mixing surveys.
• Know the sponsor: the Florida Chamber is a business organization, so its poll is a sponsored survey. We pair it with an independent nonpartisan Mason-Dixon reading so the number is not resting on one commissioned poll.
• Steady in the low-to-mid 50s: across both pollsters DeSantis has stayed at or above 50% approval through the first half of 2026 (54% Chamber in May 2026; 50% Mason-Dixon in January 2026).
• Approve vs. disapprove: the Chamber releases emphasize his approval share and do not always publish a separate disapproval figure, so a disapproval number is shown only where a pollster stated it.

For where the 2028 field stands overall, see our 2028 primary polls and prediction-market odds.

DeSantis ran for president in 2024 and is often named among possible 2028 Republican contenders. He has said he is open to running again: at the Milken Institute Global Conference in May 2026 he said he is in his mid-40s and sees "a lot of runway" for a run in 2028 or beyond. He is term-limited as Florida governor and leaves office in January 2027, which would free him to campaign. In early 2028 Republican primary polling he has run third, behind Vice President JD Vance and, in several surveys, Donald Trump Jr.

See our Republican candidates 2028 hub, is Ron DeSantis running in 2028?, and DeSantis's full 2028 profile for the bigger picture. Approval numbers on this page are updated when a new Florida Chamber or Mason-Dixon survey is released.