Poll: Ron DeSantis trails Donald Trump by 50 points with younger GOP voters

Florida Politics ^ | June 29, 2023 | A.G. Gancarski

[SoConPubbie]

The Governor has just 14% support among GOP voters younger than 45 years of age.

New polling points to trouble for Ron DeSantis with one particular demographic in the 2024 presidential race.

A Fox News poll conducted from June 23 through June 26 shows the Florida Governor 50 points behind former President Donald Trump, 64% to 14%, with Republican voters under the age of 45.

The 77-year-old Trump’s massive lead with younger voters is notable given that DeSantis, a 44-year-old, is actually a member of that demographic cohort. The Governor has made age an issue in campaign speeches, promoting himself as being able to bring energy to the executive branch.

Despite these promises, younger voters represent a drag on DeSantis’ overall numbers, and are the worst subgroup for the Governor in the Fox News survey. With voters between the ages of 45 and 64, DeSantis is only 25 points down (52% to 27%). And with voters 65 years of age and up, the Governor is 20 points back (50% to 30%).

Overall, DeSantis is down 34 points to Trump, 56% to 22%, with other candidates much further back.

Author Vivek Ramaswamy’s 5% is good for third place, with former Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina tied for fourth place with 4% each.

Former United Nations envoy Nikki Haley has 3% support, ahead of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Larry Elder, each of whom have 1%.

Registering no support in the Fox News poll were North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, former Texas Congressman Will Hurd and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez.

The poll, conducted under the joint direction of Beacon Research and Shaw & Company Research, has a +/- 5-percentage-point margin of error among Republican respondents.

The overall 34-point spread in the poll between Trump and DeSantis is marginally outside the Race to the White House national polling average. That shows Trump with 53% support, DeSantis with 22%, Pence with 6%, Haley with 4%, and Ramaswamy and Scott each with 3%.

[cotton1706]

They’ve witnessed a badass Republican for the first time.

Not the limp-wristed pantywaist variety who’ve been foisted on us since Reagan and Nixon left the scene.

[euram]

There’s no way for De Santis to overcome Trump’s massive lead just about everywhere. His only hope is if Trump is removed from the race through some foul means, and even then he might not be able to win the nomination.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I don’t know any “younger” GOP supporters so I wouldn’t know anything about this.

[Tennessee Nana]

Is Desantis Cruz 2.0 ???

[nopardons]

BTTT

[deport]

There’s no way for De Santis to overcome Trump’s
massive lead just about everywhere.

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Hang in there as we are witnessing the first female
being aligned to become the President. jmo

[ConservativeMind]

You left live ads in there.

[tennmountainman]

Yes.

[catnipman]

something has gone whacko with fox pollsv.. lately, they don’t seem to be producing the fake results desired by fox leadership like paul ryan ...

[napscoordinator]

Yes bad ass who hasn’t won an election since 2016. Wonderful. And it doesn’t matter if he won in 2020. He’s not in the seat which is a loss.

[DoughtyOne]

She doesn’t appeal to me on any level.

Her numbers seem to verify I’m not alone in that thought.

[thegagline]

This far out from the primaries, these polls are meaningless.

On July 1, 2015, Trump was at 12% and Jeb Bush was at 19%.

But keep incessantly pushing that the current polls are relevant…so long as they support your candidate.

[conservative98]

How it started:

How it's going:

FOX NEWS POLL: Trump holds 34-point lead for Republican Nomination

Trump — 56% (+34)
DeSantis — 22%
Ramaswamy — 5%
Pence — 4%
Scott — 4%
Haley — 3%
Christie — 1%
Hutchinson — 1%

Fox News (A-) | 06/23-26 | RVshttps://t.co/39MCFLeebw pic.twitter.com/BQGkDT3XDf— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) June 28, 2023

"Best To Improve Our Economy"

Nevada
• Trump — 65 (+55)
• DeSantis — 10%

South Carolina
• Trump — 59% (+47)
• DeSantis — 12%

New Hampshire
• Trump — 55% (+44)
• DeSantis — 11%

Iowa
• Trump — 54% (+36)
• DeSantis — 18%

National Research (A/B), June 6-28 pic.twitter.com/V33V69szpK— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) June 29, 2023

[Nifster]

Well sit on your butt and elect a dem then. I’m sure that’ll make you feel better

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[rockabyebaby]

Trump IS NOT going to be President, the dems will make sure of it, just like they did in 2020. Doesn’t matter if we early vote, do ballot harvesting, do mail in voting, bla bla bla, all the crap that hannity repeats over and over, dems will not allow Trump to be President again, they have mastered stealing elections, doesn’t matter how many of us turn out, they will have all the back up ballots they need to sneak in at 3am to put their candidate over the top. And, oh my, there may be more broken pipes involved to shoo all the election ballot watchers away.

[ckilmer]

for the same reasons you listed de santis will not be president.

plus all the vitriol that’s poured on trump will be poured on de santis.

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

Doesn’t belong on Front Page News.

SoConPubbie posts tons of anti-Desantis screeds each day. Hald of them are outright BS. Is he a campaign member assigned to spam FR? That, or it’s his own personal agenda. Either way, it’s beyond tiresome, and takes away from the FR experience.

Please limit this guy to maybe 2 anti-Desantis article postings per day.

Any freepers who agree, feel free to hit the “Abuse” button and reference this post.

[mlitefan]

Please limit this guy to maybe 2 anti-Desantis article postings per day.

Any freepers who agree, feel free to hit the “Abuse” button and reference this post.

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OR, you could simply exert a little self control and not read them. This censorship bullsh!t sounds like someone from the left speaking.