Posted on 09/21/2023 11:57:21 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
As has been consistent with virtually all other surveys, former President Donald Trump stands as the dominant frontrunner in the Republican primary race with 46 percent. That puts him 28 points ahead of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who maintained her second place status, jumping four points since July to 18 percent support.
Most South Carolina primary voters, 58 percent, said they would “definitely” support Trump, but only 33 percent said the same of DeSantis.
Even absent of Trump, DeSantis fails to emerge as the favorite second candidate of choice. When asked to choose their second choice candidate if Trump were not in the race, 27 percent choose Haley, followed by DeSantis (22 percent), Scott (14 percent), and anti-woke businessmen Vivek Ramaswamy (11 percent).
📊 2024 South Carolina GOP Primary
Trump 46% (-2)
Haley 18% (+4)
DeSantis 10% (-3)
Scott 9% (-1)
Ramaswamy 5% (+2)
Christie 4% (+2)
Pence 4% (=)
Hutchinson 1% (=)
Hurd 1% (+1)[Change vs July]
Fox News Poll (A-) | 809 LV | 9/14-18https://t.co/zKnapFXYpr pic.twitter.com/gQmEL6DRLH
— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) September 20, 2023
The survey was taken September 14-18, among 809 likely GOP primary voters and has a +/- 3.5 percent margin of error.
It comes as DeSantis fails to build momentum, even in the first three states, despite identifying that as his strategy months ago, in July. His failure to do so has even confused potential donors, including Republican megadonor Ken Griffin, who said, “I don’t know his strategy. It’s not clear to me what voter base he is intending to appeal to.”
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South Carolina is not the only state where DeSantis is struggling, as a recent CNN New Hampshire Primary Poll, conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, found the presidential hopeful collapsing to fifth place in the Granite State.
good thing larry hogan isn’t in the race or he’d be in third
Oh my.
My, my, my.
The Meatball is rotting.
Look out below....
What goes up must come down.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-nottinghamshire-66868472
The NeoCons are so obviously shilling for Haley that’s it’s becoming ridiculous. On Fox this morning they were crowing about how Nikki had jumped to 3rd place, only to show a slide with Trump leading, Desantis, in 2nd place and Scott in third. Nikki wasn’t even on the chart.
Obvious that the deep state is rallying around Haley. Money is going to start moving to her and she’s a better campaigner than Desanctimonius.
She’s a better fit with the swamp than DeSantis, but no matter how much money they pump into her campaign, she’s still going to fail.
Hopefully people are smart enough to give Trump a massive victory so he doesn’t have to compromise on a VP. He should get the VP he wants if he’s the nominee. No compromising with the Deep State
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