Kammala wannan jumla: Kasich ya sake tsayawa takarar shugaban kasa a 2016, ya gama a matsayi na uku a zaben fidda gwani na Republican a bayan Donald Trump da Ted Cruz. Ya lashe zaben fidda gwani a jiharsa ta Ohio kuma ya zama na biyu a New Hampshire. Kasich ya ki goyan bayan Trump a matsayin dan takarar shugaban kasa na Republican kuma bai halarci taron ba.
Babban Taron Republican na 2016, wanda aka gudanar a Ohio. A cikin 2019, bayan ƙarshen wa'adinsa na biyu a matsayin gwamna, Kasich ya shiga CNN a matsayin mai ba da gudummawa. An san Kasich a matsayin daya daga cikin fitattun masu sukar Trump a cikin Jam'iyyar Republican, kuma ya goyi bayan dan takarar shugaban kasa na jam'iyyar Democrat Joe Biden a matsayin shugaban kasa a jawabin da ya yi a Babban Taron Jam'iyyar Democrat na 2020.