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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The part where you said this before either of us had mentioned Romney: He wants Romney republicans, there is no difference.
So exactly what point did you intend to make with that comment?
Are you purposely ignoring the obvious?
You may believe that DeSantis can win but why continue to repeat that? Who are you trying to convince?
Articles on this subject are posted multiple times every day on FR. Same crap, same arguments, same speculation and same outcome…..and the same commentary over and over and over by the same people.
Until DeSantis announces, all of this is moot. Why aren’t we debating anything else? You may believe he can win but that is only a very small part of the big equation. Are you calling your House representative and asking who they want as speaker?
That Ryan is worthless and he ducked out of his position because he knew he was not going to win because too many wanted nothing to do with him.
I was wondering if someone else caught that before I posted it. Glad I scrolled down, here you are. :-)
Don't get me wrong - they wanted to, in the worst way.
They just didn't have the money or a Narrative cover to pull it off.
I do vote fraud posts, so I have the glasses from They Live that enable me to see what they're up to.
From May, 2022:
Rigging Georgia: Obama 2008 by county compared with Biden 2020 by county
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4066008/posts
The three northernmost counties in the district are part of the Chattanooga, Tennessee metropolitan area and television market, with the central and southern portions reckoned as exurbs of Atlanta.
Exactly. I guess these same people are in love with their own posts.
How about this: Instead of all this spam on FR, let's see who the potential candidates are, and let a few of the primaries take place.
Exactly!
“So a poll of “republican leaning independents” is our standard now?”
Republicans and republican leaning independents.
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I like DeSantis, but this crap doesn't help him.
Laugh at this badass!
Or this one!
Because even you aren't dumb enough to do that.
You, the master of the false equivalency, which you've just proved.
That’s a Glamor Shot. Everyone who went there has one.
“LOL, you’re not comparing DeSantis to them, are you?
Because even you aren’t dumb enough to do that.
You, the master of the false equivalency, which you’ve just proved.”
Stay on topic and stop misrepresenting my post.
Here is the excerpt Imposted where you laughed at seals using drop-leg holsters:
“. So much wrong with that photo. lol drop-leg holster??”
I guess you aren’t laughing now?
Answer: Donald Trump has no path to the White House.
No Republican can flip the states you speak of. There would need to be significant election reform in Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan for ANY Republican to have a shot at the Presidency.
“No Republican can flip the states you speak of.”
I believe DeSantis can. Especially with the support of Musk.
Keep comparing Al Gore Jr-level glamor shots with MOH recipients.
Just keep beclowning yourself.
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