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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: Drew68

These people are seriously mis-guided.


21 posted on 01/13/2023 5:46:29 AM PST by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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To: Drew68

Club for Growth is Billy Chrystal’s group of NeverTrumpers.


22 posted on 01/13/2023 5:48:43 AM PST by bray (My book, The Republic of Texas explains everything )
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To: bert

BS poll. This poll has Biden beating Trump 48% to 41%? Riiiigghht. Not.


23 posted on 01/13/2023 5:48:49 AM PST by JoJo354 (We need to get to work, Conservatives!)
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To: Drew68

This is just a side line poll. We’re already pretty sure that Newsome has the nod from the party. And I’d say Kamila is out, too.


24 posted on 01/13/2023 5:48:55 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Drew68

In an honest election, there isn’t anyone who would beat Trump...You are just going to have to live with it...


25 posted on 01/13/2023 5:49:43 AM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: Drew68

DeSantis is going to lose Big Time if he runs in 2024.


26 posted on 01/13/2023 5:51:06 AM PST by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: C210N
There is nothing notable in an NBC push poll.

If NBC's poll said Trump was beating everyone, people here would be celebrating it.

And this wasn't an NBC poll. It was polling conducted by the conservative Club For Growth, which had formerly supported Trump and even spent millions on races for candidates who sought to overturn the 2020 election.

27 posted on 01/13/2023 5:51:19 AM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: Vision

Is his risk bigger than Xiden? If so, let me in on it.

Recommend watching Judge Judy for about 10 episodes, and you’ll have a good idea who the average voter is in this country, whether or not they personally fill out their own ballot. Bet many of them respond to the poll.


28 posted on 01/13/2023 5:51:28 AM PST by Susquehanna Patriot ( )
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To: Drew68

Drew, where do you spend the most time, FR or DU???


29 posted on 01/13/2023 5:51:38 AM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: bray
Club for Growth is Billy Chrystal’s group of NeverTrumpers.

They endorsed Trump in 2020.

30 posted on 01/13/2023 5:52:08 AM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: Drew68
"Biden beats Trump, marginally trails DeSantis in new GOP poll."

Many years ago, someone once said, "I wouldn't bet on a horse at Riverdowns if there was only one horse running"!

That's exactly how I feel about the voting booth in the "Good old USA." (spit)

31 posted on 01/13/2023 5:52:44 AM PST by unread ("It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." W. Churchill.)
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To: Drew68

So since you post something like this we assume you are an ANTI TRUMPER !!!!!


32 posted on 01/13/2023 5:54:05 AM PST by conservativesister (.)
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To: JBW1949
Drew, where do you spend the most time, FR or DU???

There's no fans of DeSantis over at DU where they view him as more of a threat than Trump. "Trump but smarter." "Trump without the baggage."

33 posted on 01/13/2023 5:54:52 AM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: Drew68

Nobody is going to beat Biden or any Rat the DemoMarxists pick unless election integrity is taken care of.


34 posted on 01/13/2023 5:56:34 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: Drew68

—>> nationwide poll conducted for the conservative Club for Growth.

🧐


35 posted on 01/13/2023 5:56:44 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything. )
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To: Drew68

The election was stlen...and everyone knows it.

Sydney Powell had proof that the italian satellites were working with hugo chavez and dominion.

And they ignored the proof.


36 posted on 01/13/2023 5:59:00 AM PST by xyz2
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To: Drew68

Do you really believe NBC news? Come on.


37 posted on 01/13/2023 6:02:05 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: Drew68

“...conducted for the conservative Club for Growth.”

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‘Nuf said.


38 posted on 01/13/2023 6:02:06 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: rovenstinez

Joe Biden is the biggest threat to Joe Biden. He would get crushed by anybody in a fair election.


39 posted on 01/13/2023 6:02:51 AM PST by Rdct29 (Democrats are the new Nazi's. They think they deserve total control over the people)
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To: conservativesister
So since you post something like this we assume you are an ANTI TRUMPER !!!!!

Nope. Voted for Trump with great enthusiasm in 2016 and 2020 and I have a posting history here to back this up. He remains the only political candidate I've ever donated money to.

Problem is, Trump no longer has a path to the White House in 2024 (short of Kamala running against him and even then, it's a long shot).

Trump will lose every state that he lost in 2020 in addition to NC. And he'll take the House with him and prevent the GOP from taking back the Senate.

Trump has lost the support of the independent and swing voters who are critical to winning elections.

He is now a three-time loser and the only "winning" he's doing is sending Democrats to Washington.

Yet, if Republican primary voters are dumb enough to nominate him in 2024, I will vote for him. rest assured. And as I did in '96, '08, '12, and '20, I'll be voting for the guy who loses. I'm tired of losing.

Ron DeSantis is the future of the party and the best chance we have to regain the White House.

40 posted on 01/13/2023 6:03:07 AM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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