A.G. Gancarski
Thus far, the much-ballyhooed campaign “reboot” for Ron DeSantis hasn’t stopped his downward trajectory.
Fresh polling from Morning Consult shows the Florida Governor’s presidential campaign plumbing new depths. He has just 15% support, down a point from the previous week when the story was “DeSantis slumps to weekly tracking low.”
This week, the story is “DeSantis’ support slips amid campaign reset.” The good news, relatively speaking, is that the Governor is “only” 43 points behind former President Donald Trump’s 58%, despite his support having “flatlined.” Meanwhile, the bad news is that the third and fourth place players (Vivek Ramaswamy and former Vice President Mike Pence) are not far behind.
“While DeSantis’ support has slipped over the past month, Vivek Ramaswamy has been steadily trending upward. The entrepreneur turned presidential candidate is polling in third place at 9%, having seen his support increase 6 points since mid-June with the help of Black voters, millennials and moderates in the GOP’s coalition. By comparison, DeSantis’ backing declined 5 points during that period,” the polling memo asserts.
Ramaswamy is becoming an increasingly viable second choice also. While 33% of Trump voters still say they would pick the Florida Governor as their alternate, Ramaswamy’s share of that pie is now up to 20%. Pence is the pick of 13% of those Trump supporters, meanwhile.
For those still backing DeSantis as their first choice, Trump is the top second choice, with 37% support. Pence (16%), Ramaswamy (15%), and U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (13%) follow.
When it comes to overall favorable numbers, Trump still leads with a +45, with 71% approval against 26% disapproval. DeSantis’ +40 reflects a 63% to 23% split. Ramaswamy, now at +35, has 48% approval against 13% disapproval, with 38% of respondents either not having heard of him or having no opinion.
This survey was conducted between July 27-29 among 827 potential Republican Primary voters, with an unweighted margin of error of +/-4 percentage points.
6 comments
PeterH
August 1, 2023 at 8:34 am
If Republicans select Trump , DeSantis or Ramaswamy ….. Independent voters will be choosing Biden.
Dont Say FLA
August 1, 2023 at 8:42 am
I tried to tell Rhonda he needed to reboot the rebooter ’cause it clearly ain’t working right, but he didn’t return my calls.
He doesn’t return calls, but could he be re-called? LOL, ain’t no way. That is not a thing in red states. Red state donors are not spending another bunch of money to keep the guy they already bought and paid for.
Michael K
August 1, 2023 at 9:00 am
At some point, you just have to accept the fact that no amount of lipstick, money or re-boots will ever fix the fatal flaws of a candidate who is neither ready or fit to serve.
New Lows
August 1, 2023 at 9:39 am
Ron hits a new low every day that he opens his Kermit The Frog mouth and starts talking. He should stick with eating flies. His floundered and filleted campaign can’t be any fun, but time’s fun when you’re eating flies!
New Lows
August 1, 2023 at 4:12 pm
Time’s fun when you’re HAVING flies.
Not “eating” flies. Dang it. I totally ruined my joke like if Rhonda told it.
Ron DiSaster
August 1, 2023 at 2:02 pm
Womp Womp
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