Posted on 05/14/2023 11:37:40 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Former President Donald Trump leads Gov. Ron DeSantis in Iowa by double digits in both a deeper Republican caucus field and in a hypothetical head-to-head race, according to a poll.
The National Research poll commissioned by the Center for American Greatness shows 44 percent of likely Iowa Republican Caucus voters back Trump in a crowded field, making him the clear-cut frontrunner:
2024 Iowa Republican Caucus:
Trump 44% (+18)
DeSantis 26%
Haley 6%
Pence 4%
Ramaswamy 3%
Hutchinson 1%
T. Scott 1%
Sununu 0%National Research Inc./@theamgreatness, 500 LV, 5/9-11 pic.twitter.com/Xa4BWUwMwp
— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) May 12, 2023
DeSantis is Trump’s nearest potential competitor, sitting 18 points behind him with 26 percent support. No other candidate secures double digits.
Former Gov. Nikki Haley takes third place with six percent support, followed by former Vice President Mike Pence with four percent. Three percent of respondents support 37-year-old businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, while former Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), who is set to announce a decision on his candidacy in May, are tied at one percent. Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH) did not garner any support.
In a hypothetical head-to-head with DeSantis, which is unlikely, considering five Republicans have already declared their candidacies, Trump continues to hold a double-digit advantage. He takes 45 percent of support in such a scenario versus DeSantis’s 33 percent. Another 11 percent are undecided.
The respondents were asked whether they see Trump or DeSantis as having a better chance of beating President Joe Biden; 38 percent say Trump, while 32 percent say DeSantis.
Additionally, 57 percent think Trump is better poised than DeSantis to improve the economy, while just 15 percent believe the inverse is true.
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Moreover, the poll found that a whopping 87 percent of the respondents approved of Trump’s first term as president, while just 13 percent disapproved.
National Research sampled 500 likely Republican caucus voters from May 9-11, and the poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.38 percentage points.
The poll comes as Trump and DeSantis are both set to appear in Iowa on Saturday.
I don’t put much stock in “likely voter” polls, but this time of the cycle it’s mostly what we get.
Polls are interesting. Many on this site tell us that polls are meaningless. So there’s that.
DeSantis 26%
Haley 6%
Pence 4%
Ramaswamy 3%
Hutchinson 1%
T. Scott 1%
Sununu 0%
We must reject these losers.
Amen! Most of US have already.
26% Iowa Republicans support Rob DeSanctimonious ?? Who are these people ?
Trump and the 7 Dwarfs.
These people are the GOPe, the ESTABLISHMENT, the same damn people who kept Ronna at the helm AFTER losing 2 election cycles AND doing not ONE DAMN THING to clean up our elections!!
I’m pretty sure Ronna was Trump’s pick…along with McCarthy, Wray, Fauci….and his recent love-fest for Newsome and Crist.
Trump is the one that kept Ronna at the helm. While he publicly stayed neutral, his people worked behind the scenes to get her re-elected. Desantis and other conservatives were supporting Harmeet Dhillon to head the RNC. So you can complain about the GOPe all you want, but Trump has to take full responsibility for Ronna. And please tell me what Trump has done in the past 2 years to secure elections? What initiatives has he proposed and/or financially supported to correct the problems?
BTTT
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