Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I rere ano a Kasich mo te perehitini i te tau 2016, ka mutu i te tuatoru o nga waahi i roto i nga kaupapa tuatahi a te Republican i muri i a Donald Trump me Ted Cruz. I wikitoria ia i te pōtitanga tuatahi i tōna rohe kāinga o Ohio, ā, ko ia te tuarua i New Hampshire. I whakakahore a Kasich ki te tautoko i a Trump hei kaitono perehitini a te Ropu Reipa, a, kaore i tae ki te huihuinga.
2016 Republican National Convention, i whakahaerehia i Ohio. I te tau 2019, whai muri i te mutunga o tana wa tuarua hei kawana, ka uru atu a Kasich ki a CNN hei kaitautoko. E mohiotia ana a Kasich ko tetahi o nga kaiwhakawhiwhi rongonui o Trump i roto i te Rōpū Reipa, a i tautoko ia i te kaitono perehitini Democratic a Joe Biden mo te perehitini i roto i tana korero i te Democratic National Convention 2020.