Trump closes gap, tied with DeSantis in new poll of GOP voters | The Hill
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by Julia Mueller - 02/09/23 12:36 PM ET
by Julia Mueller - 02/09/23 12:36 PM ET
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Former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) are tied among GOP voters as the leading choice for the Republican Party's 2024 presidential nominee,according to a new poll.
A Monmouth University poll found a third of Republican voters saw Trump, who kicked off his campaign in November, as their top presidential pick, and another third favored DeSantis, who has yet to formally announce he's running.
Former Vice President Mike Pence scored just 2 percent support and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley — who is set to become the only other big-name Republican officially in the ring with Trump — earned just 1 percent.
Trump closed the gap with DeSantis from a similar poll back in December that put the Florida governor ahead by 13 points, with 39 percent support compared to 26 percent for the former president. Trump has since climbed 7 points, and DeSantis has fallen 6 points.
But despite the uptick in voters backing Trump for the GOP nomination, DeSantis takes the win in a hypothetical primary match-up between the two, earning 53 percent to Trump's 40 percent.
"Both Trump and DeSantis are well-liked by the party's rank and file, but it's likely that voter opinion of Trump is more firmly set than it is for DeSantis right now. The unknown factor is whether DeSantis can maintain this early edge if and when he gets on the campaign trail," Monmouth University Polling Institute Director Patrick Murray said in a report.
An Economist-YouGov poll released earlier this week found that although more than half of Republicans support a Trump reelection run (54 percent), less than half actually prefer the former president as the GOP's nominee come the primary (41 percent).
DeSantis was close on Trump's heels in the poll, with 35 percent of the party saying he's their first choice for the Republican pick.
The Florida governor is said to be close to a final call on whether he'll run in 2024 and is widely expected to jump in the ring.
Taken Jan. 26 to Feb. 2, the Monmouth poll surveyed 566 voters who identify with or lean toward the Republican Party. The margin of error was plus or minus 6.1 percentage points.
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It looks like Joe is cruising towards reelection!
Brandon's problems are only starting.
Two years of being dragging through the political mud by the House; along with the shit storms he has and will cause himself.
Republicans want Brandon to run unopposed for Democrats- he is the best thing going for Republicans.
No hiding in the basement screaming "I am not Trump" for Brandon this time.
He has a record that can and will be used against him; and he has as many warts as Trump now legally.
Meanwhile back in reality, in the U S of A...
a year from now the rival factions will probably be shooting at each other... ... bummer.
DeSantis and Haley will team up against Trump...they'll fight clean while he does his usual hateful schtick.
It won't play well this time around because he will be going up against two popular and successful opponents.
More gop candidates is good for Trump!
Most gop primaries are winner takes all...
Don't the Dems have anyone is who is younger, more vigorous, physically and mentally healthy, can walk, talk, and chew gum at the same time, is scandal free and who doesn't carry a nearly 50 year load of baggage?
Is he the best the Dems can do? Brandon can fool the people the first time around, but now that they have had a good look at this lying, divisive, and destructive POS...they don't want him back...and that includes 2 out of 3 Democrats?
Like this guy?
Still, the Democrats have America's Senior Statesman, five term US Senator, two term Vice President Joe Biden of Delaware, The President of the United States of America who whooped Trump ass handily in 2020!
Yet only 42% of Americans approve of Biden’s presidency, essentially the same as at his last State of the Union address, and a lower percentage at this point than any president in 75 years of polling except for Trump and Reagan (who was in a deep recession). 62% believe that he has accomplished little.
Please nominate Trump. He is a loser...
So you see no difference between steps and a rail and climbing a grassy hill looking for a golf ball.
I'm not empowered to nominate anyone and if I was, it wouldn't be Trump.
I'm not sure what point you are trying to make...?
My bad. I thought you were comparing Biden on the plane steps to Trump. Now I realize that is that picture with TP on Trump's shoe.
Now that's embarrassing... View from the back did not make it easy to identify Trump, but I thought the toilet paper incident was well known enough to offer identification.
If I were to compare the 2, and I was tempted. I would have shown Trump in his golf cart and Biden pedaling away on his bicycle. Who knows, maybe that would have been a better idea.
And as long as Trump is a factor that is all that matters.
I don't want Biden to run, I want someone to come to the front and for Biden to quietly support them, but until Biden says otherwise Trump is a ticket for a second Biden term.
The GoP is so lost. They just cannot muster the courage to break free of Trump and, in the end, they will pay for this by losing to whomever runs for PotUS on the D side.
The party lost any identity or platform with the Tea Party, and then pledged fealty to Trump. Now that Trump is a continual loser, he always was, they have no clue what to do.
We need a couple more crazy candidates to be sure of victory. Thankfully, there are s-o-o-o many in the GOP.
Then Trump wins the winner takes all primaries!
I just want the entertainment.
Not a knock to Trump but it seems he has never stopped campaigning. It's like the 2016 campaign run hasn't ended, just in extra innings. Even with DeSantis, seems all his moves are Trump-topping / see, I can out-Trump Trump. He seems to always be campaigning for top spot.
Agree there is a need to pay attention to potential candidates but it seems over the last two elections it just doesn't stop. Maybe it happened before, maybe always but just seems more apparent now.
Terrible news for the GOP.