Any wonder why ‘The Donald ‘ is looking to ‘annouce’ this soon?
The ex-President’s political juice among ‘his party ‘ people keeps sliding downward …..
And the fight between him and DeSantis IS out in the open….
IA-Pres, NH-Pres, FL-Pres & GA-Pres: The Club for Growth is out with four new polls of four early GOP primary states, Iowa, New Hampshire, Florida & Georgia and finds Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) beating Trump in all 4 states. DeSantis leads Trump by a 48% to 37% margin in Iowa, a 52% to 37% margin in New Hampshire, a 56% to 30% margin in Florida and a 55% to 35% margin in Georgia.
TX-Pres: A new poll of a potential 2024 Texas GOP presidential primary by CWS Research has Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis leading former President Donald Trump by an 11 point margin. 43% of Texas Republican primary voters choose DeSantis while 32% went for Trump.. The same pollster had Trump +17 over DeSantis back in October.
The conservative Club for Growth is sending a warning shot at former President Donald Trump on the eve of his expected 2024 campaign launch — and indicating it might back his chief potential rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
The anti-tax organization, which was once a staunch Trump ally but over the last year has broken with him, on Monday provided POLITICO with a polling memo showing the former president trailing DeSantis by double digits in one-on-one matchups in Iowa and New Hampshire, the first two states on the GOP nominating calendar. The surveys also show DeSantis leading Trump by wide margins in Florida, their shared home state, and Georgia, which is holding a Dec. 6 runoff for one of its Senate seats….
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The Club’s decision to move against Trump is part of a rising tide of dissent within the GOP. While the former president maintains a base of support, a number of figures in the party are blaming him for Republicans’ weaker-than-expected showing in the midterms, arguing that it’s time to move on.
According to the polling memo, which is based on survey data conducted Nov. 11-13, DeSantis leads Trump by 11 percentage points in Iowa and by 15 points in New Hampshire. Those numbers represent an improvement for DeSantis since August, when previous Club for Growth’s polling found Trump with a 15-point lead in Iowa, while the two were tied in New Hampshire.
The memo also says that DeSantis leads Trump by 26 points in Florida and 20 points in Georgia. In August, DeSantis led Trump by 7 percent in Florida and 6 percent in Georgia. The polls, conducted by Republican firm WPA Intelligence, surveyed likely GOP voters….