because DeSantis doesn't have Trump's baggage and he doesn't have Trump's tendency to shoot himself in the foot by saying stupid things that can easily get taken out of context.

In the past DeSantis would be better for that reason, but today with mainstream media totally controlled and unified it's a different story.

They will make anything bad even if it's not a gaffe or easily taken out of context.

Difference is Trump's "gaffes" are forcefully conveyed and that makes the media spin make it sound over-the-top absurd, then people say "he didn't really say that did he?!" and they doubt it, some look it up and find out the media was lying. Nobody even half sane believe anything the media says Trump said.

But DeSantis they just say he signed "Don't Say Gay" and people could see him doing that. DeSantis is smarter and more sensible, but easier for this media to lie about and be believed. So it's hard to know who is the better candidate these days.