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The Republican brand is benefitting from a late surge on the generic congressional ballot. The GOP had been behind all summer, sometimes by as much as two points. Ten days ago, however, the Republican Party began to climb in the RealClearPolitics average poll of generic ballot polls. Today, the GOP leads by nearly a full point, 47.6 to 46.7 percent. This is no fluke, meaning it is not based on one outlier poll that can skew the entire field. Of the seven most recent polls, Republicans have led in five and two are tied. That shows real movement in the...

Kari Lake has taken the lead in the Arizona Senate race with days to go before the election, new polling suggests. The polling, published by Data Orbital, shows the controversial Republican candidate on 45.2 per cent of the vote, narrowly ahead of her opponent on 44.5 per cent.

Former President Donald Trump enjoys a net four-point swing his way in just a week’s time in the race against Vice President Kamala Harris, neutralizing momentum garnered from her ascension to the top of the Democrat ticket, according to an RMG Research/Napolitan News Service survey. The poll, published Friday, shows Harris at 44 percent and Trump at 43 percent, while independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. garners 6 percent. In the hypothetical two-way contest, Harris and Trump are tied at 49 percent, per the Napolitan News Service: 🇺🇲 2024 GE: @RMG_Research Harris: 44% [-3] Trump: 43% [+1] RFK Jr: 6% [=]...

President Donald Trump’s favorability and approval ratings approached their highest mark on record, according to RealClearPolitics and FiveThirtyEight. The high watermarks suggest Trump is cruising into the November election with increasing momentum. Trump’s favorability rating in the RealClearPolitics average is less than one point below his highest approval rating, marked in April: [cut] Trump’s approval rating in FiveThirtyEight average is also less than one point behind his greatest approval rating, notched in February: FiveThirtyEight Approval Average February 28, 2024: 44.0 percent August 8, 2024: 43.3 percent Trump’s popularity comes on the back of several federal legal battles, a conviction in...

National political polls are struggling to grapple with the revived Democratic presidential ticket, but two that have been updating regularly show an advantage for former President Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris. CNBC and Rasmussen Reports have new data on Thursday giving Trump an edge, with CNBC attributing his lead to growing concerns about the economy and a surge of support from middle-aged voters. CNBC said Trump leads by 2 points, 48%-46%, within the margin of error. In that survey, Trump leads Harris 2-to-1 on who would handle the economy better. What’s more, while Harris has helped to revive...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A new poll is offering more insight into how Republican candidates are faring in Iowa with just five weeks left until the Iowa caucuses. For the first time during this campaign, support for Donald Trump jumped above 50%. The poll from the Des Moines Register, NBC News and Mediacom shows 51% of likely caucusgoers have Trump as their first choice for president. Ron DeSantis pulled out ahead of Nikki Haley with 19% support. Haley has 16%.

Former President Donald Trump claimed the straw poll at the Western Conservative Summit on Saturday barely 24-hours after his federal indictment was publicly unsealed. He surged past Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his nearest challenger for the GOP 2024 presidential nomination, by 40.3 percent to 35.8 percent, the Washington Examiner reports.

In a two-way match up, Trump received 59 percent support against DeSantis' 34 percent Former President Donald Trump continues to lead in the polls over other Republican contenders for president in 2024, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.According to a new Echelon Insights poll, in a contest against seven other GOP rivals, Trump garnered 49 percent support with DeSantis following with 19 percent support. In a two-way match-up, Trump received 59 percent support against DeSantis' 34 percent. DeSantis announced his entry into the GOP primary on Wednesday via a Twitter space.Days before his declaration, a new CNN and SSRS poll...

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...

Former President Donald Trump has surged to 62 percent support in April among Republican primary voters, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has crashed to 16 percent, Emerson College polling trends show. Since January, Trump has gained 20 points over DeSantis, when the former president held 55 percent of GOP support, with DeSantis at 29 percent support, a 26-point spread. In February, Trump gained four points over DeSantis for a 30-point advantage. Trump’s support remained constant with 55 percent support, while DeSantis’s dropped four points to 25 percent. In April, Trump surged 16 points from February over Desantis to a 46-point...

Former President Donald Trump is boasting his largest lead yet in the latest Morning Consult survey analyzing the potential 2024 Republican primary field. The survey, updated once weekly, found Trump’s lead jumping five percent over the last week. He now stands with 58 percent support in the potential 2024 Republican primary field, compared to the 53 percent he garnered last week.While Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is maintaining his second place position, he lost support this week, moving from 24 percent support to 21 percent.In other words, Trump now leads DeSantis by 37 percent — up from 29 percent last week....

Hillary's 12 point lead shrinks down to just ONE POINT - as polls show Trump gaining steam in Florida BEFORE FBI's email reveal Hillary Clinton's double-digit lead is gone in the aftermath of the latest email news, with the former secretary of state now just 1 point ahead Donald Trump is gaining back ground thanks to the controversy, but he was already showing new life in the battleground state of Florida Last Sunday, Hillary Clinton was enjoying a 12 point advantage over Donald Trump in the ABC New/Washington Post tracking poll, but seven days later, that lead has shrunk to...