Morning Distribution for Friday, April 28, 2023

A [FiveThirtyEight]( email [Morning Distribution]( Friday, April 28, 2023 Your daily briefing from FiveThirtyEight --------------------------------------------------------------- The Morning Story [2024-TOC-ASAHUTCHINSON-4×3]( [Asa Hutchinson Promises To Be A Drama-Free President. Is That What GOP Voters Want?]( By [Monica Potts]( Asa Hutchinson has a vision for the future of the presidency … and he’s in it. The former governor of Arkansas kicked off his campaign for the Republican nomination for 2024 at a rally in Bentonville, Arkansas, yesterday, after [months of public statements]( about the need for a kinder, gentler sort of commander in chief. “The Presidency is not and should not be an office of vengeance or retribution,” [he said on Twitter on March 8](. “Instead, it should be an office of consistent and unwavering leadership.” This is in direct contrast with [what he’s called the “chaos”]( of the years under former President Trump. Hutchinson [is pitching himself as a sort of anti-Trump]( an experienced politician with a conservative demeanor to match his ideology, who doesn’t need a Congress full of followers to get things done. The timing could be right for that strategy. At least some Republican voters are [looking for a Trump alternative]( and the man previously crowned “[Trump without the nonsense]( Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, ended up creating [plenty of his own chaos]( and is now [slipping in the polls](. But Hutchinson is currently [at the bottom of nearly every early primary poll]( — his favorability rating was underwater by 7 percentage points and most voters had either never heard of him or had no opinion of him in a [Harris Poll/Harvard CAPS survey]( from April 18-19. Plus, [early polls still show Trump is a favorite]( to win the nomination. Hutchinson can promise voters a president who’s born to be mild, but is that what they want? [Read more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Listen [Play]( [Politics Podcast: Are America’s Favorite Governors Really All Republicans?]( [FiveThirtyEight] [View in browser]( [ABC News]( [Unsubscribe]( Our mailing address: FiveThirtyEight, 47 West 66th Street, New York, NY 10023.