A.G. Gancarski
More polling illustrates potential challenges for Ron DeSantis against Kamala Harris, if the two faced off in 2024’s Presidential Election.
The October Harvard/Harris Poll shows a slight Harris lead yet again in terms of national popular vote in that election. Harris would secure 41% support, DeSantis 39%, with 20% unsure of whom they would support.
DeSantis performs notably worse against Harris than former President Donald Trump, who draws 49% support against just 38% for Harris. October is the latest in a series of months where the Vice President edged out the Governor if the two squared off atop presidential tickets in two years.
In September’s survey from the same pollster, Harris drew 41% support, with DeSantis commanding 38% backing, and a remaining 21% of respondents unsure.
A Harvard/Harris Poll from May showed Harris was the choice of 41% of respondents, with DeSantis at 38% and 20% undecided.
Harris commanded the support of 42% of those polled, with DeSantis the choice of 38% of respondents, in the April survey.
A February poll showed Harris the choice of 41% of those surveyed, with DeSantis at 39%.
A January Harvard/Harris Poll, meanwhile, had DeSantis 1 point ahead of Harris, with 40% support and just 39% for the Vice President.
Despite the polling trend suggesting more Americans would want Harris over DeSantis as President, the Governor has called the Vice President “impeachment insurance” for President Joe Biden in the recent past.
“So, here’s the thing. I thought Biden picking her at first was the worst decision ever because she’s not great. But she’s like the best impeachment insurance and 25th Amendment insurance anyone could have,” DeSantis said on Fox News’ Ingraham Angle in July.
“Because as bad as Biden is, even though he can barely read the teleprompter, and as much as people disapprove of him, nobody wants Harris, and so they’d much rather stick with Biden floundering around than actually turn the wheels of power over to somebody that clearly is in over her head,” DeSantis added.
The poll delved into other DeSantis related questions as well, including the likelihood of DeSantis getting the GOP nomination.
If Trump were in the field, he would get 55% support against just 17% for DeSantis, the poll suggests. But if Trump did not run, DeSantis would be a strong frontrunner, with 40% support, more than double that of former Vice President Mike Pence, at 18%.
17 comments
marconni
October 17, 2022 at 9:14 am
In what alternative universe does this “poll” originate?
Impeach Biden
October 17, 2022 at 9:23 am
Gancarski auditioning for a writing job for Saturday Night Live. Thanks again Gancarski for the humor. You seem to post this BS about once a month.
Charlie Crist
October 17, 2022 at 9:39 am
👆Neo nazi propagandist and clown. Also probably terrorist supporter..J6 AkA 9-11 2.0 cheerleader
Darcie
October 17, 2022 at 1:03 pm
DeSantis for governor. I’ll never vote for a corrupt democrat again in my life.
It's Complicated
October 17, 2022 at 9:45 am
“National Popular Vote” is a meaningless way to measure the likelihood of someone getting elected given that is NOT how we elect the President. The way to more accurately measure a support trend is to weight the responses by state by Electoral College votes, which can be done by a simple formula in a spreadsheet. It’s just lazy not to do it that way.
Also, it has been pretty well established that some groups, including conservatives, tend to not answer phone polls, so the future accuracy of this type of polling is certainly in question. Not sure where they go from here, but the last few elections have proven the old polling system does not accurately predict election results. The only firms that came close to accurate predictions applied bold extrapolations to poll results, and the reality is we don’t know if that is a scientifically better technique, or blind luck.
Yeah right
October 17, 2022 at 9:56 am
This is without a doubt one of the funniest articles. But oddly no mention of aliens, or unicorns. Editors mistake?
Sox
October 17, 2022 at 11:13 am
This poll is tainted, it makes me laugh. Who could ever take this poll or author of this article seriously. Wow
Hope
October 17, 2022 at 12:26 pm
Hahahahahahahahaha
I had to look at my calendar to see if this was April Fool’s Day.🤣😂🤣
KJ
October 17, 2022 at 1:05 pm
Are you kidding me? Who would vote for Harris? She is the worst VP in US History. A liberal writing.
Virginia Dart
October 17, 2022 at 1:21 pm
Sounds like DeSantis is still copying everything about Trump, including his mocking of women running against him.
Jane M
October 17, 2022 at 2:20 pm
Lol!……..Harris? The same Harris who was so unpopular she could even make it into the top 3 Democrat Contenders in her home state of CA during the 2020 primaries?
That Harris?
What is this clown’s name rolling this steaming manure?
A.G. Gancarski?
Ok..good to know, so I can breeze by whatever he has to say in the future.
Jgt
October 17, 2022 at 4:53 pm
Fake news
David In Shoreline
October 18, 2022 at 11:45 am
I’m sorry to break it to the Democratic media and pollsters but there is no possible way America wants Harris over DeSantis and we all know it. She’s a half deflated bag of lukewarm air who slept her way into office. DeSantis would be incredibly lucky to find Harris standing next to him on the debate stage. He would destroy her in six different ways.
Jerry
October 18, 2022 at 4:56 pm
41-39 with 20 undecided?
Garbage poll especially this far out.
Rebecca Sue Smith
October 19, 2022 at 1:15 pm
I find this stuff truly fascinating. A snapshot of what our fellow US and CA citizens are currently thinking. I believe this is a much better tell than any social media or main stream news outlet. You will not find bias with the Harris Poll. People are far too easily manipulated by the media! This means we need to cut through the false media blasts against DeSantis! People need to be educated!! Call out the bull when you see it! [The Harris Poll is considered one of the oldest and most prestigious polls in the world. It is managed by Harris Interactive, a market research company that was founded in 1975 and acquired by Nielsen in 2014.
The Harris Poll is a member of the National Council of Public Polls (NCPP), the Council of American Survey Research Organizations (CASRO), the Council for Marketing and Opinion Research (CMOR), and the European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research (ESOMAR).] https://harvardharrispoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/HHP_Oct2022_KeyResults.pdf
Brigny
October 19, 2022 at 10:38 pm
Nominating Kamala Harris to run against Ron DeSantis would be like sending a three toed sloth out to seize turf from a wolverine!
As a conservative Republican, I would LOVE to see THAT matchup.
Renata Soner
October 20, 2022 at 2:09 pm
I don’t know anyone (no exaggeration) who doesn’t loathe Kamala so if the poll shows anything it shows that Kamala is just like Hillary and a vote for her is just a vote against someone else.
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