Posted on 12/13/2022 8:28:46 AM PST by karpov
GOP backing for former President Donald Trump’s third consecutive White House bid has fallen apart over the past several months, with most Republican voters saying they’d prefer another candidate to carry on his policies in 2024, according to a poll released Tuesday.
While 31% of Republican and Republican-leaning independents want Trump, 76, to run again in two years, 61% say they would rather have another GOP standard-bearer, the USA Today/Suffolk University survey found.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, 44, is their preferred choice.
DeSantis, who cruised to re-election Nov. 8, leads Trump by 23 percentage points — 56% to 33% — in a head-to-head primary matchup, the poll shows.
Nearly two-thirds of Republican and GOP-leaning voters (65%) say the governor should run for the White House in 2024, with just 24% saying he shouldn’t.
“Republicans and conservative independents increasingly want Trumpism without Trump,” David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center, told USA Today.
Trump, who is facing state and federal investigations over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and for keeping classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort, has seen enthusiasm among Republicans for a third White House try plummet in recent months, falling from 60% support in July to 56% in October to 47% now.
The former president has also seen his favorability rating fall among the Republican faithful — skidding from 75% in October to 64% in December.
In a hypothetical 2024 matchup, Trump lags behind President Biden by 47% to 40%, the poll found.
But DeSantis tops Biden 47% to 43% in a hypothetical 2024 election matchup.
The survey also showed that Biden’s approval rating has improved slightly, climbing a point to 46% from October, while his unfavorable rating fell a point to 50%.
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No, it’s support for the GOP that has plunged.
It’s funny how people fight change in industry and other parts of their daily lives. But when it comes to politics, well people lust for change. It’s because politics is so bad.
Y’all can’t HAVE Trumpism without Trump!
Who would it’s for more masking, lockdowns, bumpstock bans, Syrian immigrants, mail in ballots and a vax to save us all.
More freedom lost to the dems under him, than in my lifetime.
If you are ready to surrender our last round, last weapon, be my guest. Te dems either led him by the nose because he was incompetent or complicit.
Endless dem control, courtesy of a “republican” prez.
hahahahahaha
So a poll of “republican leaning independents” is our standard now?
Just keep playing the gaslighting game folks
> with most Republican voters saying they’d prefer another candidate to carry on his policies in 2024 <
That’s the key point. With some regret, I’m slowly moving away from Trump. But I’m not moving away from his policies. So I’ll be looking for someone who wants to bring industry back to America, close the border, avoid endless wars, etc.
Let’s hope there’s a fresh candidate like that in 2024.
It is what it is. If his support disappears he will lose in the primaries. If it doesn’t he will win. We’ll see.
Well, how relevant is all of this if DeSantis decides not to run?
None of the above please. Need a real contest. No coronations.
America First agenda without the self sabotage. Please and thank you.
I think they mean Trump's "America First" policies without all the losing elections.
Huh?
Horseshit.
You remember the patriot act?
So... this is your assigned issue then. Got it.
If the poll is a teeny-bit accurate, then the barrage of Never-Trump messaging from RINO leaders might be working.
DeSantis will be screwed six ways from Sunday by the Ratz.
The merry ballot thieves will basically roll him EVERYWHERE except Florida. Reference: Kari Lake.
Trump is the only one with a pair BIG ENOUGH to stomp these SOBs.
Amerika cannot take another 4 years of Biden or whatever Dem will be propped up to run for President in 2024.
If DeSantis is the candidate who has the best chance of winning in 2024, I will support him. If, a year from now, polls show Trump to have the best shot at winning, I’ll support Trump.
It matters not to me if Trump or DeSantis is residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave on 1/20/2025. Either one of these two men is far more qualified and far more preferable to any radical leftist that the Dems will run.
” then the barrage of Never-Trump messaging from RINO leaders might be working”
YUP
And the poll itself is probably a push poll that’s part of that effort.
No, not really.
Not in Florida, Texas, or Virginia. In California and NY, the GOP did very well. And in Georgia, every statewide election went to a Republican except the one race where Trump hand-picked the candidate.
There is a considerable number of independent voters that really want to vote for Republicans but will not do so as long as Trump is the party's Standard Bearer and they will not vote for candidates who make the 2020 election the cornerstone of their campaign.
The real question is will Trump run as an independent if he loses the primaries and how many votes will he take with him if he does.
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