Posted on 05/02/2023 9:06:57 AM PDT by Red Badger
Former President Donald Trump has strengthened his position as the GOP’s leader and is now in his best position yet to win the Republican presidential nomination and beat President Joe Biden in a grudge election next year.
New polling data shared with Secrets on Tuesday morning indicate that Trump has a 41-percentage-point lead over Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), who is expected to join the GOP race this month.
And Trump leads Biden 47%-43% in the monthly McLaughlin & Associates national survey.
“President Trump has his best poll results year to date in our poll,” John McLaughlin said.
The pollster said that Trump’s lead over DeSantis in a head-to-head vote has grown from 11 points, 51%-41% in January, to his current 67%-26% lead.
(Graphic courtesy of McLaughin & Associates) And when 15 other GOP challengers were added to the list Republican voters were asked to choose a nominee from, it was Trump out front with his first majority total, 52%, while DeSantis had 16%, former Vice President Mike Pence had 6%, and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley had 4%.
The only other Republican to show growth was Vivek Ramaswamy, who went from zero support last month to 4% in April.
McLaughlin told Secrets that the legal cases facing Trump haven’t hurt him. “Without a doubt, the Biden-Bragg indictment and other persecutions of President Trump have backfired,” he said of the hush-money case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and cheered by the White House.
He also said that Trump’s support is strongest among those concerned that Biden has the nation on the wrong track.
(Graphic courtesy of McLaughlin & Associates) “So much for the 2024 reelection announcement bounce for Biden. President Trump's strength comes from the voters who know the country is on the wrong track and is getting worse. They can't replace Joe Biden soon enough with President Trump,” he said.
McLaughlin also said that Trump is doing better in states key to an electoral victory.
“In 2016 and 2020, Trump never led in the national popular vote,” he said. But, he added, “if the election were held today, Trump would beat Biden in the national popular vote, and it would be an electoral landslide for Trump.”
The survey, which was taken as Biden released his reelection campaign video, showed no new strength for the president. His 25% support from Democratic voters in a crowded primary race is exactly where it was in January.
Trump, meanwhile, has seen a gain. In January, 58% of Republican voters wanted to see him run again. In April, it had increased to 65%.
Thanks for the link. This young man was very good.
In my opinion, the economy tanked when FJB was inaugurated; it's been all bad since then, nary a glimmer of hope.
You are SO right. I would pay to see that.
How many active court cases is Trump involved in right now? Two in NYC, one in Atlanta and the Mar a lago doc raid.
The rape trial is civil, done in less than two weeks. There’s no evidence, but it’s in a hostile venue, so who knows.
The Tish James real estate trial is civil, a likely win for Trump.
The Atlanta trial hasn’t gone to indictment yet. Likely a nothingburger when all the evidence is on the table. The grand jury was compromised.
The Mar a lago docs would be a problem, but the discovery of docs found on Biden is the stopper. A likely harrumph by the DOJ and then they walk away.
If Trump gets to January without a legal scratch, he’s stronger.
Before the steal, that is.
I think it will all come down to the economy which us expected to tank in the next 6 months or a year. Trump with his business experience and past good economy on his first watch will be the first choice. Because of this they will do anything to put him in jail and outright steal the election ifhe’s not imprisoned and will dare us to do anything about it.
Conned? Really?
Very good monologue Dick.
Thanks for sharing.
It’s the Federal Grand Jury assembled by psycho Special Counsel Jack Smith regarding J6 that will be the coup de grace. It’s all planned and.
Until he has a 51% lead over Brandon, it’s still a toss-up. Then again, polls cannot be trusted in the MSM, so maybe he’s already there. Then again, if they can plausibly claim he’s at just 47%, it’s still a toss-up.
The ‘National Popular Vote’ is an absolute meaningless term in the USA.
Right, because our "betters" in the statehouses don't trust us to make the right decision. If the majority of Americans want Trump as president, then Trump should be president regardless of whether he gets a lucky split among 10,000 independent voters in swing states or not.
It's frustrating watching my state's 54 Electoral votes go to the Rat candidate every election cycle. I've thought about moving, but judging from many red state Freepers' reactions to anyone with a California license plate I don't think that would be a good idea. My vote would count for very little if we had a national popular vote, but it would still be more than the nothing it counts for now.
That sounds odd.
Trump gained 12 million votes.
Oh, you mean Trump's vote share went down because Biden got 81 million (lol!) votes.
In the states that matter, they have made the drop off and mail in ballots permanent.
You're snarking about a polling thread? Really?
You made no less than 5 sand-pounding posts to the Meatpoll Ron thread earlier this week: Biden beats Trump big, loses to DeSantis: 2024 polls.
Just earlier today you ran your mouth about, guess what? POLLING.
LOFL. Ronlims!
De ja vu.
Seems I remember this said a lot in 2020.
Makes no difference when commies control the vote counting.......
“It DOES NOT MATTER who votes, it only matters WHO COUNTS the votes....” - Joseph (Brandon) Stolen 🤔🤨🙄
Here’s your Trump vs Brandon polling status question answered ping.
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Keep in mind that Trump almost NEVER had a lead in all the average polling from late 2019 to the Election of 2020. If Trump is able to hold a 3-4+ point lead going into next November PLUS somehow negate the mail in voter fraud from the Dems.....then maybe- just maybe.... there’s a chance!
Thx!
We can pray for Divine Intervention
It is a fact, not seriously disputed, that the share of the white male vote (%) for Trump was lower in 2020 than in 2016.
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