Posted on 06/05/2023 11:08:53 AM PDT by conservative98
Ron DeSantis starts off the week with yet more bad news for his campaign, as the first Rasmussen Reports head-to-head since his glitch-ridden campaign launch shows the Florida Governor actually losing support.
A like-for-like study released by Rasmussen on Monday morning reveals DeSantis’s February 2023 numbers at 32 percent with likely Republican voters, whereas he slips to 30 percent in the latest, May poll.
And while the Florida Governor’s slippage is with Rasmussen’s three point margin of error, former President Donald Trump’s massive spike in support is definitely not. The 45th President rose a whopping 13 points in comparison to February, and since DeSantis’s campaign launch. He now stands at 58 percent, versus 45 percent just three months ago.
Amongst all likely voters – including Democrats and independents – DeSantis was actually slightly leading Trump before his announcement (30% vs 26%). In the latest poll, however, Trump has taken the lead, even increasing his appeal amongst Democrat voters. The numbers now stand at 34 percent to Trump and 33 percent to DeSantis.
Curiously, the Florida Governor’s biggest strides appear to be with self-identified liberal voters, per Rasmussen, though he still is unable to beat Joe Biden in a head-to-head in the same data set. Additionally, only around 60 percent of Trump voters say they would vote for DeSantis in a general election, raising questions over the Florida man’s ability to bring ‘MAGA’ voters into his coalition, were he to defeat Donald Trump in a primary.
The news comes after a few weeks of turmoil in Tallahassee, where DeSantis’s campaign is based. A few ago, his chief strategist Jeff Roe removed his long-time advisor Phil Cox. Since then, his surrogates have been in open online warfare against Trump supporters, to strikingly little avail.
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Ron DeSantis starts off the week with yet more bad news for his campaign, as the first Rasmussen Reports head-to-head since his campaign launch shows the Florida Governor going down 2% and Trump going up 13%.
Now Trump leads 58-30 in a H2H matchup. https://t.co/u94BaFZUBQ— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) June 5, 2023
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But how often are we told, that polls don’t matter?
Bush league....
Team Desantis said the polls mattered back 5 months ago when DeSantis was ahead.
Desimps are the world’s biggest hypocrites.
Rhonda Santis is strong around puppies, though:
https://twitter.com/DavidOgnibene/status/1665778051203080192?s=20
If DeSantis is going to run a serious campaign for President he simply must respond to Trump’s constant bombardment of him on Fox News. It’s said he’s well financed but why doesn’t he respond? Retail politicking is fine but experience and history have shown that candidates who can’t or won’t respond to attacks have a narrative set in stone against them. A poorly run campaign so far, waiting so long to get in during which he was being attacked and still no response.
When did he have support to lose?
Before he ran now in 2028.
Now he’s lost even 2028 support.
“Additionally, only around 60 percent of Trump voters say they would vote for DeSantis in a general election”
Wow! 60% of Trump supporters say they prefer Biden over DeSantis. What a sick bunch!
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Additionally, only around 60 percent of Trump voters say they would vote for DeSantis in a general election, raising questions over the Florida man’s ability to bring ‘MAGA’ voters into his coalition, were he to defeat Donald Trump in a primary.
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IT IS NOT ABOUT POLICY.
It is about the SWAMP. A vote for anyone but Trump aligns the GOP with the SWAMP even more than it is. We had Pence out there sneering in contempt at populism. That’s the GOPe’s perspective. Populism is little people.
Or . . . they haven’t read the definition.
As for supporting the nominee whoever it is, that’s laughable. Trump supporters have zero allegiance to the GOP. Why should they when it IS NOT ABOUT POLICY.
I won’t vote for anyone but Trump, and if Trump were killed before the election than anyone who stands up and says Drain the Swamp and Build the Wall and American First In All Things gets my vote. If that’s a Democrat, I don’t care.
The Swamp is the enemy. Not Democrats. It’s not clear to me at all that Swamp population is more Dems than GOP.
“Team Desantis said the polls mattered back 5 months ago when DeSantis was ahead.
Desimps are the world’s biggest hypocrites.”
Team Trump said the polls were biased back 5 months ago when DeSantis was ahead.
Trumpists are the world’s biggest hypocrites.
Governor DeSantis can't say he disagrees with anyone; not even on a single point.
If he (DeSantis) does, he will be accused of “stabbing so-and-so in the back.”
“A vote for anyone but Trump aligns the GOP with the SWAMP even more than it is.”
You referenced a general election without Trump. Does this mean you would not vote for DeSantis over Biden?
I'm leaning DeSantis but would vote for Trump in the general absolutely. However there are never-trumpers amongst the RDS camp however, and so it should come to nobody's surprise at all that there are never-Rons amongst the Trump camp.
If you have a problem with one, you should have a problem with the other.
Meanwhile, the math is the math. Anyone with a brain will gladly vote for DeSantis or Trump in the general.
Actually, quite prudent. Rather the enemy out front where we can fight them than being stabbed in the back by our own. I'm 99% sure Trump will be the nominee. I will be voting for Trump. If he is not the nominee, eff it all. I ain't ever voting again.
I wonder if the Trump cult realize they are just talking to themselves. I mean what else could possibly explain their obsession with reminding us 7/24 how far ahead Trump is.
These spammers seem mentally unwell.
The only thing Team Rob Dee/DehSanctus Whiners can have hope on.....Trump somehow being kept out of the race.
Sick and twisted.
He must, he simply MUST respond to Trump’s electronic bombardments of him on the half hour.
When patriots find out you work for the deep state cabal, then your popularity as a presidential candidate decreases.
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