Posted on 09/14/2023 4:00:40 PM PDT by conservative98
Given the popularity of former President Donald Trump, and with former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., in the field, commanding a key battleground was always going to be difficult for Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis.
The latest Monmouth University poll conducted for The Washington Post has DeSantis in the single digits (9%), and now sitting in fourth place in the GOP presidential primary field.
Trump leads by 28 points with 46% support, while Haley has surged to 18%, and Scott has hit double digits, at 10%.
Despite being a plurality choice and not a majority — as he is in many other polls to date — 54% of all GOP primary voters say Trump is at least probably the best candidate to defeat President Joe Biden, including 35% who say he is definitely the best GOP candidate to defeat Biden.
The full South Carolina GOP primary results:
Trump, 46% Haley, 18% Scott, 10% DeSantis, 9% Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, 5% Former Vice President Mike Pence, 3% Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, 3% Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, 2% North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, less than 1%
Trump's strength in the poll goes even further than those numbers, too, due to the certainty and enthusiasm of his supporters, according to Monmouth University pollster Patrick Murray.
"Trump's advantage in the poll results may actually be understated because his backers tend to be more engaged, and thus may have a higher likelihood of turning out, compared with other potential voters," Murray wrote in his analysis. "For example, 87% of Trump voters claim to be absolutely certain to vote in the February primary, compared with 69% of other candidates' supporters who say the same.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
“Also, 76% of Trump voters are extremely motivated to vote in the primary, which is far greater than supporters of other candidates (46%). Among those who have a strong track record of turning out for GOP primaries, 54% support Trump.
“Trump voters (76%) are also much more likely than those backing another candidate (33%) to say they are definitely supporting their current choice. Nearly all Trump voters (93%) feel their candidate is the strongest Republican to take on President Joe Biden in 2024.
“Interestingly, 1 in 5 (20%) voters who are currently backing other GOP candidates for the nomination actually agree with that assessment.”
Wow. This is crushing. DeSoros falls to FOURTH in SC.https://t.co/B1fjSfGuRH— Larry Schweikart (@LarrySchweikart) September 14, 2023
“Haley surged to 18%” - this is her home state. Even adding on all of the support for Scott who is also from the SC and may be splitting the support, it is 28%.
FLASHBACK to June 21, 2023 when Team DeSantis thought they were going to take South Carolina and pull off some long-haul delegate stealing strategry:
South Carolina’s later GOP primary could open a big gap in the 2024 calendar
“This could not have shaken out any better for us,” DeSantis spokesperson Andrew Romeo said in a statement to NBC News and other outlets. “We were happy to support this decision and look forward to competing to win in all four early states. Gov. DeSantis has the strongest political operation and footprint of any of the announced candidates, including Joe Biden.”
DeSantis’ allies also cheered the news.
“Actually tickled pink,” said one adviser to Never Back Down, the pro-DeSantis super PAC.”
Ramaswamy only 3%. I guess Hinduism is not selling in SC.
South Caolinians supporting their RINos, but Trump still bests both combined. 😋
Desanctimonius in 4th in SC is meaningless. His stand is Iowa. If he loses Iowa he’s not going to SC. If he wins Iowa he’s not going to be in 4th place in SC. If Trump wins Iowa, NH and NV then he’ll blow everyone out of the water in SC.
How did our favorite troll boy miss posting this? Just because he’s posted this same info twice already from two different sources doesn’t mean this fake news doesn’t deserve to be posted again and again.
Ad Nauseum.
But, but....4th place is okay......
(so say DeSwampers)
🙃
So who? Who will post it for the fifth time?
SC graham n Haley country. Of course the want the lockdown, it pharma pro homo guy. They got more tyranny ina few months under trump than 2 Obama terms.
ROTFLOL
You mad Bro?
Don’t blame the Messenger.
Blame Ronnie’s Campaign for the poor performance.
You blame everything but his poor performance.
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