Jacob Ogles
New polling shows former President Donald Trump growing his lead over Gov. Ron DeSantis for the Republican presidential nomination.
A Yahoo News/YouGov poll found most registered Republicans and Republican-leaning voters would support Trump if a primary were held in their state today. He leads a crowded field with 52% of the vote, with DeSantis in a distant second at 21%. Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley polls at 5% while former Vice President Mike Pence is showing just 3% support. Both former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo come in at 2%, while businessman Vivek Ramaswamy picks up a mere 1% support.
In head-to-head polling with just DeSantis and Trump, the former President’s support in fact grows. The Mar-a-Lago Republican takes 57% of the vote to the Governor’s 31%.
The national poll was taken March 30-31 among 1,089 respondents in the sample. Pollsters report a 3.3% margin of error, though that is of all voters, and the polling report did not calculate a margin of error for the Republican primary polling with a smaller sample.
Results were collected entirely after news broke of Trump’s indictment by a New York grand jury.
That suggests news over the last few weeks led to Republicans rallying around Trump. YouGov also polled voters March 16-20, when Trump still led DeSantis but by just 47% to 39%. In February, pollsters found DeSantis leading Trump 45% to 41%.
Of note, Republican voters now believe Trump is more capable of beating incumbent Democrat Joe Biden. About 55% of Republicans and Republican-leaners think Trump has the best chance of winning the 2024 General Election, while just 29% say that about DeSantis.
But when pollsters asked all voters if Trump was a better or worse candidate now than in 2020, when he lost to Biden, 40% said he is weaker now. About 33% said Trump is a stronger candidate than in 2020, and 16% believe there’s no difference.
The poll found Biden leading Trump 45% to 43%, well within the margin of error and with the sitting President short of a majority.
Asked specifically about Trump’s indictment, about 39% said they are satisfied or enthusiastic about the turn of events. Meanwhile, 37% felt dissatisfied or angry at the news of Trump’s indictment.
4 comments
Blue Hair Billy the Bamboozler
April 2, 2023 at 12:44 pm
If he runs again then he will lose again. People haven’t forgotten the crimes, the lies, and the sitting on his balls and insulting people for four years while the economy overheated.
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Janis Lentz
April 2, 2023 at 5:14 pm
That’s a sympathy vote for poor, widdle Donald, and it’s subject to change! Considering either of those yo-yos is a false choice! Surely there must be one or two decent Republicans willing to run? Asa Hutchinson perhaps?
Ron DeSantis wears High Heels
April 2, 2023 at 10:31 pm
If Trump is this much more popular that Ronny High Heels, it just goes to show you how deeply unpopular Ronny Pudding Fingers really is to most Americans.
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