Posted on 11/16/2022 2:04:47 PM PST by Magnatron
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is marked 18 points up over former President Donald Trump in a hypothetical GOP primary, a Wednesday Economist/YouGov poll revealed.
When the poll asked conservative respondents, “If you had to choose, who would you rather see as the Republican nominee for President in 2024?” 51 percent chose DeSantis. Thirty-three percent selected Trump. Seventeen percent are unsure.
Among Americans, DeSantis leads Trump by seven points (46-39 percent). The governor also leads Trump among independents by 13 points (24-21 percent).
When respondents were asked about favorability, DeSantis tops Trump. DeSantis’s favorability among Republicans is 74 percent. Just 14 percent view DeSantis unfavorably. Trump’s approval is slightly worse. Seventy-two percent view Trump favorably, with twenty-five percent viewing him unfavorably.
The poll comes as Trump announced his reelection Tuesday night. Only 43 percent of respondents said they wanted Trump to run for a third presidential bid, while 38 percent were opposed. Nineteen percent were unsure.
The poll sampled 1,500 respondents from November 13 – 15 with a 3.1 percent margin of error.
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I’m sticking with Trump, though I’d vote for DeSantis if he wins the primaries. As for fighting, I’m avoiding it. I don’t want to get the Zot.
Joke.
As far as I know DeSantis isn’t running.
If Desantis takes on Trump for the nomination, Desantis will lose, and probably harm his future.
Like it or not, the Trump Base is not going to let the 2020 theft go unanswered... While many are willing to support DeSantis, most are not remotely going to over Trump.
If the NeverTrump/Uniparty is determined to push this battle it will not be pretty, but I don’t see any math where Desantis wins, and doesn’t hurt himself at least in the short term.
We will see...
“Among Americans” - this is not even a party poll.
Worthless. Not a poll for either side to get excited about or concerned about as the case may be.
I like Desantis a lot. But I went to the dance with Trump and I’m sticking with him.
I don’t see why we have to pick a candidate as of right now, then get on our corners and fight it out.
I like both Desantis and Trump. Though I know there are some on Free Republic who said DeSantis is deep State and all of that. Presumably such people are with Trump in this hypothetical Trump versus DeSantis matchup.
And it may be hypothetical because who knows if DeSantis is even going to be a candidate in 2024?
Another attempt to divide the Party! Don’t fall for it!
C’mon central_va. You got more fight than that!
DeSantis 2028.
Don’t you love hypothetical match-ups? Nobody wants to talk about the elephant in the room...voter fraud. It won’t matter who is ahead of who on the Republican ticket. Democrats won’t let any of them win. They’ve already got that in place.
The already fell for it.
DeSantis does not have the stamina to keep up with Trump.
That I can agree with.
Americans, when asked, actually want to win. Newsflash and Boom!
A poll 2 years out? Please.
If the elections in the swing states aren’t cleaned up, neither Trump nor DeSantis have a chance.
The difference is this: Trump has a lot of experience with deals, business, money and the levers of power. DeSantis is a politician.
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