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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has plunged by double-digits over the last month, a Yahoo/YouGov survey found.The DeSantis campaign’s revamp — from laying off dozens of staffers to replacing his campaign manager — has done little to nothing to elevate his status in the polls, and the latest Yahoo/YouGov survey further demonstrates that.Former President Donald Trump holds the lead with majority support — 52 percent. That reflects a four-point increase from his 48 percent in July.DeSantis comes in a distant second, falling 40 points behind Trump with 12 percent support. However, that reflects an 11 point decrease from the 23 percent...

The first GOP presidential debate was held on August 23 in Milwaukee. Present were eight candidates whose combined polling was less than that of Donald Trump. For two hours, they talked about being the future of the Republican Party: how they would boost the economy, lower inflation, secure the border, and improve education. Trump already did that. And what he's talking about now, in appearances that draw many times the number who attended the first debate, isn't just undoing Biden's mistakes and doing what he did before all over again, but even more. Trump has a vision beyond anything the...

Fox News’s first Republican debate of the 2024 presidential election exceeded expectations and brought in 12.8 million total viewers, according to data released by Nielsen ratings....Former President Donald Trump, who skipped Wednesday night’s debate to join Tucker Carlson for some counter-programming, claimed early Thursday morning he eclipsed all of television: “President Donald J. Trump’s blockbuster interview with Tucker Carlson reached over 100 million views on X less than 4 hours after premiering on the platform,” read a release from his campaign PAC, ....Of course, that’s not the whole story as “views” on Twitter are not remotely comparable to cable news...

Make America Great Again Inc. launched an ad comparing former President Donald Trump’s America to President Biden’s, showcasing the great contrast between the two.“The reason Donald Trump’s dominating the race? What he did for us, and what he’ll do for us,” the narrator states. “Trump made us safer, wealthier and more secure.”Prices, the narrator continued, were lower and groceries more affordable under Trump’s leadership.Watch the video here: Remember? pic.twitter.com/gtqMGBvQgN— MAGA War Room (@MAGAIncWarRoom) August 20, 2023“We were beating China. Jobs coming home. Our border was secure,” the narrator continued before looking at Biden’s America.“But Joe Biden’s America? Wages down. Prices...

Former President Donald Trump posted his biggest lead yet over his rivals at 62 percent of likely Republican primary voters, according to a CBS News/YouGov poll published Sunday.His top rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, has fallen farther back from earlier this summer, the poll showed, to 16 percent. The other candidates are in the single digits, with third runner up Vivek Ramaswamy at seven percent.Likely GOP voters also overwhelmingly said at 91 percent that during the upcoming GOP primary debate, they wanted to hear the other candidates make the case for themselves, instead of against Trump.The poll came before Trump...