Former President Trump is making significant gains over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and other Republicans in a hypothetical Republican primary, according to a new poll.
The results of a Monmouth University poll releasedTuesday showed Trump leading DeSantis by 14 points, 41 percent to 27 percent, when respondents were asked who they want to see win the GOP nomination. That’s a major improvement for Trump from Monmouth’s poll last month that found him and DeSantis tied at 33 percent each….
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Trump also leads DeSantis in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup by 1 point, 47 percent to 46 percent. But that is also a notable improvement for the former president from last month DeSantis led Trump by 13 points, 53 percent to 40 percent.
Trump significantly gained voters among many major demographic groups surveyed. He trailed DeSantis by 21 points among those under 65 years old last month but now leads by 5 points and shrunk his deficit among people making more than $50,000 per year from 28 points to 2 points.
The pollsters found Trump’s strongest support comes from those who consider themselves strong supporters of the “Make America Great Again” movement, with almost three quarters of them preferring him to DeSantis…
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Trump and DeSantis are both viewed overwhelmingly favorably by Republicans, with 71 percent saying they view Trump favorably and 76 percent saying they view DeSantis favorably.
In a hypothetical race of several current and potential Republican candidates for president, only former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley received more than 1 percent support. She came in third behind Trump and DeSantis with 3 percent….
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It DOES appear that Nikki Haley IS moving ahead of Mike Pence something I have thought would happen…
Watch out…
If the two battle it out?
Could she benefit?
024 Republican Presidential Nomination Reuters/Ipsos Trump 44, DeSantis 30, Pence 5, Haley 3, Cruz, T. Scott, Pompeo 1, Noem, Youngkin 1, Sununu 0 Trump +14