He lost the state in the 2020. Presidential election….
And?
Democrats came awy with BOTH US Senate seats ina supposedly RED state….
The Republican Governor of that state did NOT bend for Trump after the 2020 election….
The then President hounded Brian Kemp so much that a county DA down there has a Grand Jury on the case….
Now Trump may ‘own’ the Grand ole Party…
And he’s very popular among his party voters there…
But that isn’t about to help him in next weeks Georgia’s GOP Governor primary where Kemp has a 30% polling margin over Trump’s gut David Perdue….
The consolation prize with be thew Trump’s guy for the Us Senate race Herchel Walker will post a win and Democrats will be very happy to run against a guy with as questions about him days in a month….
In December, former President Donald Trump endorsed Perdue, but just 37% say the backing makes them more supportive of the former senator – and this group prefers Perdue by 25 points. On the other hand, 24% say the endorsement makes them less supportive of Perdue, and they break for Kemp by 79 points.
Overall, 36% say the endorsement had no effect and they go for Kemp by nearly 60 points.
“The political science literature tells us that endorsements tend to be slightly less effective when the candidates are already well-known, as is the case in the Georgia Republican primary for governor,” says Republican pollster Daron Shaw, who conducts the Fox News Poll with Democrat Chris Anderson.
When it comes to what is important to voters at the ballot box, 65% say it’s extremely important their candidate “can win against the Democrat in November” and those voters break for Kemp by 36 points….
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“In this race in particular, Trump doesn’t seem to have the juice to oust a popular incumbent,” says Anderson. “With fewer backing Perdue than saying Trump’s endorsement made them more supportive, this race is clearly more about the candidates themselves than Trump’s preferences.”
Still, Trump enjoys a high favorability rating among GOP primary voters (78% favorable, including 56% strongly favorable). Those with a strongly favorable opinion back Kemp by 12 points, a reversal from two months ago when they went for Perdue by 13 points….
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Former NFL running back Herschel Walker dominates the field in the Republican Senate primary race. He leads by 58 points, with 66% supporting him and 74% of his backers certain they will vote for him….