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Biden beats Trump, marginally trails DeSantis in new GOP poll
NBC News ^ | 01/12/2013 | Marc Caputo

Posted on 01/13/2023 5:31:37 AM PST by Drew68

Florida Gov. DeSantis is emerging as a bigger potential threat to President Biden than former President Trump, polls indicate.

Though he’s not as well-known to voters overall, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is emerging as a bigger potential threat to President Joe Biden than former President Donald Trump, according to a new nationwide poll conducted for the conservative Club for Growth.

The poll shows Trump losing to Biden 41-48% — an 8-percentage point disadvantage for the Republican that’s outside the poll’s 3-point error margin. But in a head-to-head matchup against DeSantis, Biden gets 42% of the theoretical vote compared to 45% for the Florida governor, which is essentially a statistical tie, the online survey of 1,035 voters from WPA Intelligence shows.

The poll follows a Suffolk University survey last month that also showed DeSantis marginally beating Biden.

To test people’s knowledge of the candidates, WPA Intelligence used a relatively novel approach in its survey by showing voters a picture of each of the three politicians and then asking respondents to either type the name of the man from memory or click an option acknowledging they didn’t know who they were. Both Biden and Trump were known to 98% of the electorate each; but only 64% knew who DeSantis was.

Yet despite that name ID deficit, the 44-year-old DeSantis still out-performed the 80-year-old Biden and the 76-year-old Trump.

“Of all the three candidates, DeSantis is the one who has room to grow … and yet he still has high favorable, he still beats Biden, whereas Trump loses to him,” David McIntosh, the president of the Club for Growth, told NBC News. “As more people start to recognize DeSantis, his face, there’s a lot of upside for him to grow and get stronger.”

The club used to be allied with Trump...

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


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To: PghBaldy
The lower name recognition is why he’s doing better!

Probably plays a part. Therefore the logical conclusion is that Biden and Trump have extremely high negatives, with Trump’s being the highest. Sounds about right, as Trump has probably done more to completely alienate some of his former supporters, than Biden has his, and Americans in general are ready to move on to some newer options.

41 posted on 01/13/2023 6:04:27 AM PST by Golden Eagle (The LGBT indoctrination agenda is designed to outlaw the Bible, and anyone who follows it.)
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To: Drew68

>> “Trump without the baggage” <<

It’s fake baggage. Even Sam Brinton doesn’t accept it.


42 posted on 01/13/2023 6:05:14 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: bert

Yes, you are right. Total BS. President Trump stands for individual freedom and a strong America!


43 posted on 01/13/2023 6:13:43 AM PST by 2001convSVT (Asking questions is your right.)
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To: Susquehanna Patriot

In appearance Biden is because of the bias of the media.


44 posted on 01/13/2023 6:13:51 AM PST by Vision (Woke is communism and it has no place in America. Election Reform Now! Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: 1Old Pro
"Biden will not be the Dem nominee"

The current "document" storyline is very convenient for Rats wanting to dump Biden.

45 posted on 01/13/2023 6:14:50 AM PST by buckalfa (Kilroy was there, but who was he?)
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To: Drew68

They showed them pictures of the three!

How low on the intelligence scale did they scrape to survey people who needed pictures to know who Biden, Trump and DeSantis were?

I guess that if only 64% knew who DeSantis is answers that question.

No doubt a lot of “takers” not “makers” were surveyed in favor of Ol’ Joe. “Keep the money coming!”


46 posted on 01/13/2023 6:15:30 AM PST by dan on the right ( )
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To: 2001convSVT
President Trump stands for individual freedom and a strong America!

And so does Governor DeSantis who is actually DOING the things that Trump only tweeted about doing.

47 posted on 01/13/2023 6:16:36 AM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: Drew68

If look at the internals, it shows only Dominion Systems voting machines participated in that poll ...


48 posted on 01/13/2023 6:19:08 AM PST by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !!!)
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To: Drew68

Media simply trying to convince the troves to abandon Trump. All the other efforts haven’t worked.


49 posted on 01/13/2023 6:20:49 AM PST by Sir Bangaz Cracka (Poor 'lil Travon bees slamming dat white cracka'a head into dat sidewalk causin he be scared)
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To: buckalfa
The current "document" storyline is very convenient for Rats wanting to dump Biden.

There’s a rumor on the left that Susan Rice is behind all of this and the end-game is to get the Bidens, both Joe and Hunter, out of the picture for 2024. The Democrats need a strategy in the event that Trump is not the GOP nominee.

50 posted on 01/13/2023 6:22:24 AM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: Drew68

It is extremely unwise for DeSantis supporters to attack Trump and his supporters. We have long memories and we will remember.


51 posted on 01/13/2023 6:22:49 AM PST by jpsb
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To: Drew68
We always trust NPC News.


52 posted on 01/13/2023 6:24:39 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: Sir Bangaz Cracka
Media simply trying to convince the troves to abandon Trump.

Trump is doing a good enough job on his own, whittling down his base.

53 posted on 01/13/2023 6:24:58 AM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: Drew68

It really doesn’t matter because with mass mail in ballots there is no path for the GOP candidate electorally.


54 posted on 01/13/2023 6:26:57 AM PST by 38special (I should've said something earlier)
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To: Drew68

nbc never lies. nbc doesn’t hate America or Americans. Tired of my lies ?


55 posted on 01/13/2023 6:33:11 AM PST by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: Drew68

It sounds like the pollsters have been hittin’ da happy smoke.


56 posted on 01/13/2023 6:35:59 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Hey Amerika! The whole world is watching and laughing their asses off. )
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Biden could beat anyone with mail-in ballot voter fraud. It’s unfortunate that the conservative media and RNC support it.


57 posted on 01/13/2023 6:36:34 AM PST by TakebackGOP
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To: Drew68

If De Santis wins the Presidency, you’re going to see him follow the orders of the Open Borders, One World-er, WEF and Club for Growth stooges that PUT HIM THERE.

Put your money on that.

MAGA!


58 posted on 01/13/2023 6:40:15 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Drew68

I think hillary should give it another try.


59 posted on 01/13/2023 6:42:10 AM PST by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

DeSantis is anti-WEF https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ron-desantis-flames-davos-jetsetters-technocratic-elites-fiery-inauguration-speech
Trump is a WeF Agenda Contributor


60 posted on 01/13/2023 6:53:48 AM PST by M_Continuum
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