Poll: Ron DeSantis 23 points behind Donald Trump in Iowa

TRUMP DESANTIS
The former President doubles the Florida Governor's support.

Fresh polling of Hawkeye State Republicans tells a familiar story.

A new survey conducted by National Research Inc. and reported by American Greatness reveals Donald Trump has more than double the support Ron DeSantis has among 500 likely GOP caucus participants next year.

The survey shows Trump with 44% support, with DeSantis drawing 21%, a 23-point lead well outside the +/- 4.38-percentage-point margin of error. Trump’s lead has grown from the 39% to 24% advantage he enjoyed a month prior.

U.S. Sen. Tim Scott’s 7% is good for third place, ahead of Chris ChristieMike Pence and Vivek Ramaswamy (each at 3%). Nikki Haley (2%) and Asa Hutchinson (1%) are even farther back. Undecided voters make up 14% of the sample.

The Governor’s path is narrow, the polling memo says: “DeSantis is losing among voters who have a favorable impression of him. Twenty-eight percent of these folks say DeSantis is their preferred candidate while 42% chose Trump. Voters who have a favorable impression of both men chose Trump as well, 55% to DeSantis’s 25%.”

Trump is in Iowa Friday for an event with farmers, and he has gloated about his Iowa performance in polls even in other states. For example, he told a South Carolina audience last weekend that DeSantis was being “absolutely destroyed” in the Hawkeye State.

During the rally, Trump discussed favorable polling, including an in-state National Public Affairs poll.

“We’re leading by many, many points,” Trump said.

There Trump took 41% support among the 809 likely Presidential Primary voters surveyed, while DeSantis was at 18%.

The Race to the White House average for the state also shows Trump leading DeSantis, 41% to 18%.

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. He writes for the New York Post and National Review also, with previous work in the American Conservative and Washington Times and a 15+ year run as a columnist in Folio Weekly. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski


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    July 7, 2023 at 1:18 pm

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    July 8, 2023 at 5:39 am

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  • PeterH

    July 8, 2023 at 9:50 am

    It’s not like the electorate hasn’t been exposed to Ron DeSantis and his policies! He’s been on the Campaign for President Train for the past two and a half years. The electorate doesn’t like DeSantis’s policies of hate.

  • truthbuolle

    July 8, 2023 at 12:38 pm

    This country owes Donald Trump the office that was stolen from him. Nobody in their right mind believes the Big Lies (the lies repeated about the election not being stolen) unless you’re blinded by hatred, idiocy and lust for Democrat power because somehow you gain if Trump loses. We all saw people scan the same ballots for Biden over and over and over again to the tune of 1000’s of extra votes. We all saw that nobody showed up for Biden’s rallies. We all see that Biden took money from communist China to the tune of millions for his family. We all saw Hunter weighing crack cocaine and paying for hookers while thousands of blacks were and are incarcerated for much LESS. We all see the lies and subterfuge and how the main stream media is pushing opinion pieces instead of the news. We see the imbecile white house press secretary refusing to answer the most basic questions. We see the President falling, mumbling, babbling “GOD SAVE THE QUEEN,” shuffling…we all see it and even those who defend this BIG LIE see it but they have given themselves over to the lies because they refuses to embrace truth. Cheating is never blessed. And that is exactly what many people did and plan do to again in this next election to the detriment of themselves. They are selling their own souls for eternity for a moment in time. Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out and we’re finding out a lot lately. What was done to Trump, no matter what you think of him is an abomination. A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight. Just weight will prevail. The God of peace will soon crush satanic people involved in this chaotic unholy mess. Stay tuned.

  • Leonard

    July 10, 2023 at 11:39 am

    The narrative that the DeSantis campaign is imploding is getting old. DeSantis is right where he needs to be—-as the only viable alternative to Trump. The fact that Trump only has 44% support is the real story. 42% support another candidate…and 14% are undecided…so a majority of Rs do not support Trump. A lot can happen between now and the primaries. The nomination is still Trump’s to lose…but it is clear that DeSantis is in the best position to win the nomination if Trump falters….

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