Oh wait, you meant:
Who would you prefer as leader of a polity?
Are we including DeSantis as President of Venezuela and Chavez as President of the US as options? Because otherwise this is a dumb and meaningless comparison.
EDIT:
I mean, on what axis could Chavez be better than DeSantis on that a majority of people here prefer him to DeSantis? Economics? Trans issues? Upholding democracy?
A Venezuelan DeSantis would make most citizens long for even Maduro (let alone High Energy Hugo) after he murdered trans people, leftists, and other “degenerates”, declared a military dictatorship, and enriched his friends and family at the expense of the starving masses, so yeah, hard pass in that case!