Poll: Ron DeSantis Sinks to ‘Weekly Tracking Low’

Breitbart ^ | 25 Jul 2023 | HANNAH BLEAU

[SoConPubbie]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sank to a “weekly tracking low” in Morning Consult’s latest survey, released Tuesday.

This week’s Morning Consult survey found Former President Donald Trump increasing his majority support by four points, moving from 55 percent support to 59 percent support. DeSantis, however, has fallen four points, moving from 20 percent last week to 16 percent this week, which Morning Consult describes as his “weekly tracking low.” In other words, Trump’s lead has expanded from 35 percent last week to 43 percent this week.

Anti-woke businessman Vivek Ramaswamy remained in third place, maintaining eight percent support — the same as last week. Former Vice President Mike Pence came in fourth place but fell from seven percent support to six percent.

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley remained in fifth place with four percent support, followed by South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, both of whom saw two percent support.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who has reportedly now qualified for the first Republican primary debate taking place August 23 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, came in with one percent support, while remaining candidates saw zero percent support.

2024 National Republican Primary:

Trump 59% (+43)
DeSantis 16%
Ramaswamy 8%
Pence 6%
Haley 4%
Scott 2%
Christie 2%
Burgum 1%
Hutchinson 0%
Suarez 0%
Hurd 0%

.@MorningConsult, 3,576 RV, 7/21-23https://t.co/ZgGzHSCn6L

— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) July 25, 2023

That portion of the survey was taken Jul 21-23, 2023, among 3,576 potential GOP primary voters and has a +/- 2 percent margin of error. It followed Trump announcing that he is a target of the January 6 investigation.

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[txeagle]

The results of not hiding the deep state puppet strings well enough......

[chajin]

In politics, perception is stronger than reality. DeSantis is beginning to be perceived as the candidate-without-a-chance, so he has two choices: he can suspend his campaign now and throw his support to Trump, or he can he the Ted Cruz of 2024 and become increasingly unwanted and unloved as the season grinds towards the inevitable nomination of Trump.

[thefactor]

Yup. The democrat plan to indict trump so his support increases is working perfectly. And all the trump-cult morons are falling for it. He’ll likely be the nominee, and then he will lose badly in the general. And the cultists will then have to look themselves in the mirror.

[cowboyusa]

Agree

[MountainWalker]

LOL the most conservative guy in the race is working for the Deep State, ok. Not the guy with the “big heart” for Dreamers™ and H1B visa holders who is also adamantly opposed to any entitlement reform, no no no.

[MountainWalker]

No they won’t. They’ll blame Trump skeptics for not voting enthusiastically enough for him and also fraud.

[Reverend Wright]

“the most conservative guy in the race..”

you misspelled “the guy with billionaire globalist backing...”

[tennmountainman]

Don’t blame Trump for the Meatball’s poor campaign.

[Jim Robinson]

Hope you intend to support our nominee.

[Alberta's Child]

The last Republican lawyer in the White House was Gerald Ford.

The last lawyer to win the Republican nomination in a presidential election was Bob Dole.

This is a big reason why there is so little voter enthusiasm for Ron DeSantis, Esq.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Ted Cruz 2.0

[thefactor]

That’s not what is happening here. Each of the several times Trump gets in legal hot water, his polls go up. So they just keep putting him in legal hot water. The Deep State desperately wants him to be the nominee, and Trump’s supporters are toeing the line like good little soldiers.

[thefactor]

Yes I look forward to the “THEY CHEATED!” chants to begin in earnest, yet again. /s

[Jaust22]

assmeatball should dropout

[tennmountainman]

The Meatball has run a poor campaign.
Pure and simple.
His numbers are dropping.

[1Old Pro]

Ted Cruz 2.0

Even worse, he's Cruz with the Jeb! backers.

[thefactor]

I support DeSantis wholeheartedly, and as a result I’ve been called a commie and a traitor on this forum several times. Trump relinquished the country to Fauci and Birx and Pfizer while he advocated the vaccine to millions who had no need for it. He spent more than any President in history (except for the senile geriatric currently drooling in the White House). His additions to SCOTUS were a blessing (mostly), but also a curse. He was tepid, at best, on the one issue I vote on: the 2A. So for now, my mission is to advocate for DeSantis being the nominee.

[tennmountainman]

Yes I look forward to the “THEY CHEATED!” chants to begin in earnest, yet again.

Are you saying the Meatball is immune to mass mail out ballot fraud in Swing States?

[Tench_Coxe]

I think he made the proverbial bargain with the Devil. He was doing some decent things in Florida. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he let GOPe consultants whisper in his ear, along with darker promises of his chief competitor being taken out of the way.
Several problems, and I think they're reflecting in the polls:
1. His campaign is not genuine. 'Trump without the mean tweets' is showing to have a hollow ring to it. Some of his public statements, while not having the straight up New York no filter nature, have a backhanded manner. People aren't that stupid.
2. The low nature of those surrounding him, between AI negative ads, questionable transfers of money between PACs, etc.
3. (This applies to almost all candidates in the Repulican primary) Failure to speak out on the lawfare being conducted against Trump in a forceful way. Ramaswaney was the only one who comes close. But I think the base sees these attacks (and that slogan "they're really after you, I'm just in the way" plays here) as against them, their values, and their freedoms. By tepid responses at best, it communicates to the base that the other candidates are in it for themselves. And in the case of Hutchison, Christie, and Pence, its obvious some candidates are outright hostile.
4. Prioritization of foreign interests at the expense of the domestic--Ukraine, the southern border, and China. I'm sure its not playing well in East Palestine, Ohio. In fact, Pence saying "not my concern" is probably translated as "you don't matter". Despite jawboning by others, Trump has a track record.

Now as far as the deal with the devil--those consultants, the donors, and the elite GOP club don't give a crap about DeSantis. All they're concerned about is getting rid of the guy who upset their apple cart for four years. Anyone really think if all the candidates sounded exactly like Trump, they would have the backing of the aforementioned groups? I don't.

DeSantis is just a means to those people. And I'm sure there are a lot of people seeing it the same way. And if the perception is DeSantis is on board with it, rightly or wrongly, he won't get the support from the constituency.