Poll: Ron DeSantis falls to 9%, tied for second place in New Hampshire GOP Primary poll

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Chris Christie is tied with DeSantis, the latest poll showing a tight race for 2nd place.

Yet another poll shows Florida’s Governor losing traction in the first-in-the-nation Primary state.

In a survey of 862 New Hampshire GOP Primary voters conducted from Saturday to Monday by co/efficient, Gov. Ron DeSantis has fallen to 9%, good for a second place tie with former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

Both Christie and DeSantis are 34 points behind Donald Trump (43%), with other candidates not too far behind.

Former United Nations envoy Nikki Haley is at 7%, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and U.S. Sen. Tim Scott are at 5%, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum sits at 4%, and former Vice President Mike Pence is at 3%.

DeSantis performs better with women (11%) than men (8%) in this poll. Voters between 35 and 44 years of age are his best demographic group, as he has 18% support among them.

Unhappily for the field, GOP Primary voters are sticking with Trump despite (or maybe because of) the various indictments of the former President, with 62% of respondents saying they would vote for him even if he were convicted of a felony.

Unhappily for DeSantis, this is another poll showing Christie as his peer in the state.

A poll from the Manhattan Institute conducted in July shows just 2 points separate the Florida Governor and the former New Jersey Governor, with DeSantis at 13% and Christie at 11%.

A July survey commissioned by American Greatness and conducted by National Research Inc., shows DeSantis with 11% support, 30 points in back of Trump and just 3 points up on Christie and Scott.

The American Pulse survey conducted between July 5 and July 11 shows Trump with 48% and DeSantis with 10.5%, just 0.5 points above Christie’s 10%.

The Race to the White House polling average for the state shows Trump with 42% support, DeSantis at 12% and Christie in third, for now, with 9%. Other names are further back still.

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has written for FloridaPolitics.com since 2014. He is based in Northeast Florida. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski


3 comments

  • Michael K

    August 8, 2023 at 9:41 am

    Florida suffered a lot of pain, financial drain, and national disdain for those stupid culture wars – all for the failing political aspirations of a petty little man. Culture wars hurt many people, but did nothing to make the lives of Floridians any better – just more divisive.

    Trumpism is a cult, the Republican party is dead, and Ron DeSantis is toast. His best bet is to move to Hungary where he can spew his hate.

  • Dont Say FLA

    August 8, 2023 at 11:07 am

    Will give credit where credit’s due. KC and the Never Bend Over PAC saw this one coming. That’s why they “suspended” efforts in NH a while back. Rhonda is the only one that’s clueless as to his future.

  • John Barron

    August 8, 2023 at 6:20 pm

    “If convicted of a felony.” “What if he were convicted of 125 felonies?” would be the more realistic question.

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