Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Kasich akamhanyazve semutungamiri wenyika muna 2016, achipedza ari pachinzvimbo chechitatu mumasarudzo ekutanga eRipublican kumashure kwaDonald Trump naTed Cruz. Akakunda musarudzo dzokutanga mudunhu rokumusha kwake reOhio uye akapedza ari wechipiri muNew Hampshire. Kasich akaramba kutsigira Trump semumiriri weRepublican uye haana kuenda ku2016 Republican National Convention
, rakaitirwa muOhio. Muna 2019, zvichitevera kupera kwetemu yake yechipiri segweta, Kasich akabatana neCNN semubatsiri. Kasich anozivikanwa semumwe wevanonyanya kushoropodza Trump mukati meRepublican Party, uye akatsigira musarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika yeDemocratic Joe Biden semutungamiri wenyika muhurukuro ku2020 Democratic National Convention.