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President Donald Trump has strengthened his lead in the GOP battle for the Republican primary nomination in 2024, cementing his domination over the political field as more candidates continue to enter the race.Morning Consult’s new GOP primary tracker data revealed that Trump has accrued a net gain of 4 points among Republican voters between late May and early June, leading his chief political rival at the moment, Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., by 34 points.Per their data, Trump has snagged 56 percent of voter support in the primary battle while DeSantis has earned 22 percent. RSBN previously reported that Morning Consult’s...

DeSantis is down 34 points with men in this survey, but much closer with women. A new survey of the 2024 Florida GOP Presidential Primary reveals a 20-point lead for Donald Trump over Ron DeSantis. In the Sunshine State Battleground Poll conducted from May 31 to June 2, the former President commands 53% support, with DeSantis at 33%. No other candidates are remotely competitive: Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott and Vivek Ramaswamy all register 2% support, with others even farther back. Only 3% are undecided in this survey.

Ron DeSantis starts off the week with yet more bad news for his campaign, as the first Rasmussen Reports head-to-head since his glitch-ridden campaign launch shows the Florida Governor actually losing support.A like-for-like study released by Rasmussen on Monday morning reveals DeSantis’s February 2023 numbers at 32 percent with likely Republican voters, whereas he slips to 30 percent in the latest, May poll.And while the Florida Governor’s slippage is with Rasmussen’s three point margin of error, former President Donald Trump’s massive spike in support is definitely not. The 45th President rose a whopping 13 points in comparison to February, and...

Ron DeSantis was surely hoping for a bump from his presidential campaign launch last week. But a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows no sign of improvement. In fact, the survey of 1,520 U.S. adults, which was conducted from May 25-30, suggests that the Florida governor may have actually lost ground against frontrunner and former President Donald Trump since officially entering the race for the 2024 GOP nomination during a glitchy Twitter Spaces event with the platform’s billionaire owner Elon Musk. The situation is actually worse than described by the media. Candidate Ron DeSantis cannot hold a public event in the...

The brewing feud between President Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis took center stage as DeSantis made his first campaign appearance in Iowa Wednesday just before President Trump’s latest visit to the state this week. The two have visited the state frequently over the past few months as the campaign trail intensifies.President Trump, in a Truth Social post on Wednesday, reminded prospective voters of his contributions to Iowa, stating, “Looking forward to my stay in Iowa, a Great State that I did more for than any other President.” He highlighted achievements such as the USMCA trade deal, securing $28 billion from...

President Donald Trump’s team is scouting for more political recruits to jump aboard the MAGA movement as the 2024 campaign season has started in earnest this year. “The forgotten men and women are the heart and soul of our incredible movement to Make America Great Again,” Team Trump’s account stated on Twitter. “The only force strong enough to defeat the massive corruption we are up against is you, the America[n] People.”The campaign website also added, “In order to restore the fabric of our glorious nation, we need every patriot to support our campaign and make your voices heard.”Volunteers for the...

Kayleigh McEnany came under attack by her former boss on Truth Social last night. His very thin skin was pierced by the former White House press secretary, now a Fox News host and contributor. Kayleigh quoted a poll number Trump disagreed with and he went full force against her on his social media platform. (snip) Kayleigh was hired by Trump to replace Sarah Huckabee Sanders. I really liked Sarah in the job, too. Both women had the ability to stand firm against the daily attacks by the press corps and defend Trump. They didn’t back down when the dialogue heated...

President Donald Trump’s all-business approach to fixing the sinking American economy is preferred by GOP voters by a wide margin in several key battleground states, new data from National Research has found.In a summary from Interactive Polls, National Research found that Trump was the overwhelming favorite when asked who was “best to improve the economy” between the 45th president and newly declared presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla.On this issue, Trump dominated GOP primary support in South Carolina by a whopping 49-point spread. He also snagged overwhelming support in New Hampshire (+41 points), Iowa (+42 points) and even in DeSantis’s...

All told, the Republican presidential field might end up almost as large and divided as the one in 2016. Which is to say that the 2024 Republican primary is, at this stage, shaping up to be a retread of the one that catapulted Trump to the commanding heights of the American political system. Once again, it is clear that many Republican elites would prefer to have someone other than Trump at the top of the ticket. But once again, those elites — donors, intellectuals, activists — are having a hard time finding a single alternative candidate to challenge the former...

On Wednesday, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk announced that former president and 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump will be speaking at the Turning Point Action Conference in July.The event is set to take place in West Palm Beach, Florida on July 15 and 16, and will feature a number of prominent conservative voices, in addition to engaging student activists ahead of the 2024 presidential election. "Introducing the ALL-NEW Turning Point Action Conference," Kirk announced on Twitter earlier this month. "ACTCON 2023, coming to West Palm Beach July 15-16. This will be the first multi-day event hosted, produced, and organized...

An abortive rally and an expanding field of challengers hasn’t hurt Donald Trump’s standing in Iowa, according to a new poll from Emerson College. In results released Thursday morning, 62% of Republican voters indicated they would choose Trump as the party’s nominee, giving the former president a 3-to-1 margin over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who clocked in at 20%. Mike Pence and Nikki Haley are tied for third with 5%. DeSantis, who formally declared his run Wednesday during a Twitter livestream with Elon Musk, has long been considered the most significant challenger to Trump for the GOP nomination, but the...

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Federal prosecutors overseeing the investigation into former President Donald J. Trump’s handling of classified documents have issued a subpoena for information about Mr. Trump’s business dealings in foreign countries since he took office, according to two people familiar with the matter. It remains unclear precisely what the prosecutors were hoping to find by sending the subpoena to Mr. Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, or when it was issued. But the subpoena suggests that investigators have cast a wider net than previously understood as they scrutinize whether he broke the law in taking sensitive government materials with him upon leaving the...

Donald Trump has surged to a 36.1 percent lead over Ron DeSantis as Republican voters' preferred candidate for the 2024 presidential election, according to the latest data from the political analysis website Real Clear Politics.The data shows 56 percent of Republicans have Trump as their favored candidate, well ahead of DeSantis at 19.9 percent and former Vice President Mike Pence at 5.9 percent.If Trump wins the Republican nomination, polling shows he is likely to face President Biden, who has announced he will run for reelection in 2024 for a rematch of the heated 2020 presidential contest.The latest Real Clear Politics...

President Trump’s MAGA Inc., responded to the news that Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., had filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Friday, indicating his likely imminent intent to run for the office of the presidency in 2024.CEO of MAGA Inc., Taylor Budowich, stated, “Ron DeSantis’ failed shadow campaign has opened the flood gates for career politicians looking to seize an opportunity to raise their profile ahead of the 2028 race. Tim Scott’s entrance, and aggressive media purchase, doesn’t only kneecap DeSantis, but Scott sees the same thing as Youngkin, Sununu, Burgum, Christie, and others: the path to 2nd...

Former President Trump's second-term governing plans are coming into clearer focus, as he lays out a vision for a dramatic expansion of federal power — particularly the presidency. Why it matters: In public statements, videos and posts on his campaign's website, Trump complains about Washington's "swamp" — but lays out a plan that would give him, as president, more control of virtually every facet of life in America. Zoom in: Trump's plans go well beyond the provocative promises he made during his recent CNN town hall — to pardon nearly all of the convicted Jan. 6 rioters (there have been...

Fox Corp boss, Rupert Murdoch has officially taken a side in the Republican race leading up to the 2024 National elections, and this time he is backing Ron DeSantis.According to Vanity Fair, the conservative news mogul invited the Florida Governor to his Vineyard in Bel Air, California for dinner in 2020 and assured him that Fox would support his potential presidential run in 2024.Earlier this year, signs of this sentiment became more apparent as Fox implemented a soft ban on Trump and began featuring DeSantis more frequently.Additionally, during this time, the Dominion lawsuit loomed over the news corporation, prompting it...

Former President Donald Trump is dominating in the Republican presidential primary and has opened up a massive lead over President Biden in a potential head-to-head matchup, May’s Harvard-Harris survey found.The survey showed Trump completely dominating in the 2024 Republican primary with a majority supporting him in a potentially crowded field.Trump garners 58 percent support, while Gov. Ron DeSantis — who is rumored to announce a presidential bid next week — falls into the teens with 16 percent support. That 42-point lead reflects a three-point uptick for Trump and four-point decrease for DeSantis since the latest survey.Not only is Trump dominating...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) support in the 2024 Republican primary continues to slip as former President Donald Trump dominates, May’s Harvard-Harris survey found. The survey, coming on the rumored brink of the launch of DeSantis’s presidential campaign, shows Trump’s backing continuing to grow, with a majority of Republican voters, 58 percent, supporting him.DeSantis comes in an extremely distant second, 42 points behind with 16 percent. That reflects a four-point drop from the 20 percent he garnered in the last survey.Trump’s 58 percent, meanwhile, reflects a three-point boost for the former president.No other challenger — or potential challenger — comes...

Former President Donald Trump is the only Republican candidate who can beat President Joe Biden in the general election, according to a new poll. The former president is also dominating the GOP primary field, holding a decisive lead over his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination. A new Premise poll found that, when given a choice between Trump and Biden, 43% of Americans prefer Trump, versus the 38% who said they prefer Biden, with 18% unsure. In a general election race between Biden and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, 37% said they prefer Biden, compared to 33% who prefer DeSantis, and...