A.G. Gancarski
New polling from CBS News reveals that Donald Trump’s second indictment this year isn’t hurting him with Republican Primary voters.
And it isn’t helping Ron DeSantis either.
The survey of 586 likely voters in the 2024 GOP Presidential Preference Primaries shows former President Trump with 61% support, with the Florida Governor far behind, with 23%.
Other names are afterthoughts.
Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina and former Vice President Mike Pence each have 4% support, with former United Nations envoy Nikki Haley at 3%, and other names farther back still.
The poll offers a cold reminder of DeSantis’ second place standing, with the amount of people considering voting for him less than Trump’s current support. While the 51% considering supporting the Governor is second only to 75% considering Trump, it’s still under that 61% threshold.
Meanwhile, 27% of those polled have already ruled out supporting DeSantis, with 23% saying they don’t know enough about the Governor to express an opinion.
The CBS News Poll is more favorable to Trump than the Race to the White House polling average, which shows the former President with just 53% support, against 22% for DeSantis.
Race to the White House, at least at this point, sees a lopsided delegate fight. It forecasts Trump with 1,862 delegates in a crowded field, well above the 1,234 needed to win, with DeSantis mired at 539.
In a field that narrows to Trump and DeSantis after Nevada, the landscape is more forbidding still for the Florida Governor. Trump is projected to have 1,941 delegates in that scenario, with DeSantis garnering just 484.
3 comments
PeterH
June 11, 2023 at 1:54 pm
Polling Republicans ….. when a good number of former Republicans (like myself) are now Independent voters….. doesn’t offer a complete picture.
At least in Florida, independent voter quantities come very close to equaling the voter registration numbers of either of the dominant Party’s!
Independent voters are highly educated, more liberal in social issues, lean more fiscally conservative and are better versed in business practices and law.
Independent voters ultimately decide who sits in the Oval Office.
A better way to approach these type of voter preferences is to understand that nationally….. among all electorate voters ….. Donald Trump holds a 35% approval rating.
It’s truly unfortunate that I’m this election cycle….. both leading Republican candidates are vote pandering to the lowest common denominator in today’s Republican Party….. the liars, conspiracy theorists, nazi’s, white nationalist, and equality haters.
Dont Say FLA
June 11, 2023 at 2:06 pm
Given a choice between Orange Hitler and Litler, white nationalist MAGA types still choose Orange Hitler. That won’t change. Litler may as well go back to that job he didn’t resign from. If the KKK types do ever defect from Donald, they’ll be looking for something different, not the same thing but smaller.
Joe
June 11, 2023 at 8:38 pm
Everybody Hates Ron
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