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• In fact, a 2016 Gallup Poll found that almost 74% of people say that governing a state provides excellent or good preparation for someone to be an effective president.
• But as the former executive director of the National Governors Association for 27 years, I have worked with well over 300 governors.
• During that time I have been part of many conversations with governors regarding other governors running for president.

A dominant position

• That experience often creates a false impression that what they did in their states they can do for the nation.
• These are not exactly issues important to citizens of most other states and thus not useful as a foundation for a presidential campaign.
• This is clearly reflected in a recent New York Times poll of Republicans, where only 17% supported an anti-woke campaign, while 65% supported a law-and-order campaign.

Significant power

• Governors traditionally have more constitutional and legal powers than do presidents, particularly in terms of budgets and in cases of emergency.
• Often, I heard these comments during discussions with governors at National Governors Association meetings.
• Similarly, many governors can cut previously enacted state budgets by up to 5% without consent from the legislature.
• Governors also typically have more power than presidents during emergencies.

Political prominence

• Governors often are the dominant political force in their states.
• They particularly tend to overshadow the legislative and judicial branches – which significantly limit the power of the president at the federal level.
• Governors dominate the legislature, in part, because state lawmakers tend to have very few staff to help them – if any at all.
• In addition, most state legislators are part time and may only be in session a few weeks per year.

A matter of timing

• The last governor that I remember who reached imperial status was Scott Walker, Wisconsin’s governor from 2011 to 2019.
• He ran for president in 2016 but withdrew after only two months because of his poor showing in the polls.
• This year, in addition to DeSantis, five other former or current governors have declared they are running for president.
• But most of them are not imperial governors nor at risk of becoming one.
• In addition, many in his party believe he would have had difficulty in his bid for reelection.

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