A.G. Gancarski
Gov. Ron DeSantis has hit a new low in polling of Texas Republicans.
In a Defend Texas Liberty PAC survey conducted by CWS Research from April 29 through May 1, the Florida Governor has just 16% support in a Primary field. Former President Donald Trump leads, with 54%, or 3 1/2 times the support DeSantis has.
DeSantis’ support is statistically tied with the amount of undecided voters, which make up 15% of the sample. Former United Nations envoy Nikki Haley commands 5% support, with other names lower than that.
There were 699 likely Republican Primary voters surveyed, with a margin of error of +/- 3.7%.
Trump’s lead a month prior in this poll’s last iteration was 52% to 20% for DeSantis. Prior to that, a survey conducted between Feb. 28 and March 2 found 43% backing Trump, with DeSantis 16 points behind.
In a January survey from the same outfit, Trump held a narrow 36% to 35% advantage.
The same pollster had DeSantis leading Trump back in November, with 43% support being good for an 11-point lead over Trump.
That represented the high point of a surge; back in July 2022, Trump held a 19-point lead over DeSantis in the same survey.
While the latest poll is a low for Florida’s Governor in the Lone Star State, it accords with two national surveys showing DeSantis in the mid-teens.
A survey of 436 likely GOP Primary voters conducted April 24-27 by McLaughlin and Associates shows DeSantis mustering just 16% in a crowded field.
An Emerson College poll in the field in April also has DeSantis 46 points behind Trump, with Trump drawing 62%.
The Trump campaign has paid some attention to Texas.
Trump held a rally earlier this year in the West Texas town of Waco, where the former President devoted part of the speech to denunciations of “Ron DeSanctimonious.”
In the span of five minutes, Trump touched on various themes, making the case that the Florida Governor, a runner-up to Trump in most polling, doesn’t measure up. He mentioned DeSantis’ previous positions on senior citizen entitlements, recounted the story of the brokered 2018 endorsement, and trashed DeSantis’ performance as Florida Governor.
6 comments
Billy the Bamboozler
May 10, 2023 at 7:55 pm
The Orange Shlong will get the nomination and lose in 2024. DeSantis now hoping he gets assassinated. That’s about the only chance the GOP has to win in 2024 if Orange Hitler gets the nomination. He will be the first rapist president.
Rachael Maddow
May 10, 2023 at 8:08 pm
That’s exactly what is going on here with the state run media. They are promoting Trump saying DeSantis doesn’t stand a chance. The liberal press knows Biden can beat Trump. He can’t beat DeSantis. The fix is in and the zombies have no clue.
Billy the Bamboozler
May 10, 2023 at 10:41 pm
All you people’s analytical skills are piss poor.. because of decades of far right propaganda and mind bending religion. Got ye heads up ye asses. That’s why a snake oil salesmen got elected.. got a bunch of people locked up and killed.
Impeach Biden
May 11, 2023 at 9:16 am
Biden is incompetent and his giggling “fweedom” chirping sidekick is good at only one thing. Just ask Willie. Biden and another incompetent, Mayorkas, have eliminated the Southern Border. What a travesty this has become.
Dont Say FLA
May 11, 2023 at 9:27 am
Liberals ain’t voting for Turnip Truck Trump or Rhon DasPanties, so the Zombies must be … the MAGAs? MAGAs pay attention to the liberal press? You are not making a whole lot of sense about this alleged fix that’s in. You saying it’s rigged? What’s rigged? The GOP primary? And it’s rigged by liberals? Like how GOP Kemp in Georgia allegedly stole the election … and gave it to Democrats? Conspiracy theories should at least be plausible in some paranoid way, but the “fix is in” idea about liberal media somehow fixing the GOP primary, it doesn’t make any kind of sense whatsoever. Do tell. HOW. How are MSNBC etc controlling the GOP Primary? Do Tell! PLEASE!
Dont Say FLA
May 11, 2023 at 9:32 am
Blaming NPR and PBS for polling results from GOP primary voters, that seems a tad silly. Also, it’s early. Things change. And yet, Trump still has all the support he ever had within the GOP. That hasn’t changed at all and it seems unlikely to change. Let’s say NPR and PBS both shut down today and have no further “control” over GOP primary voters (lol). How will Rhonda win the GOP primary when Trump rules that roost regardless of what NPR or PBS might say?
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