Ron DeSantis is back in Iowa, where a new poll shows Donald Trump way ahead

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Tim Scott is 6 points behind DeSantis, who has lost 9 points since the last time this poll was conducted.

Ron DeSantis is returning to the Hawkeye State, and yet another survey of Iowa Republicans shows the Governor in a distant second place.

The poll for DailyMail.com, conducted by JL Partners Polls, shows the Governor with just 17% support. That is a drop of nearly 10 points for DeSantis since April, when he had 26% support.

Donald Trump is up 2 points from April, meanwhile, at 43% in the August poll.

Meanwhile, two lower-tier candidates are making their moves.

U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is in third place now, with 11%, up from 1% in the last administration of the poll.

Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy was also at 1% in April, but is now at 5%.

The poll of 600 likely caucus participants was in the field from Aug. 2 through Aug. 7, and corroborates other polling showing Iowa as not particularly close.

A survey released last week by The New York Times and Siena College shows Trump with more than a 2-to-1 advantage over the Florida Governor in the 2024 presidential race.

Trump leads DeSantis 44% to 20%, with Scott drawing 9% support.

Other Iowa polls likewise show Trump way ahead.

A new Manhattan Institute poll of 625 likely Iowa caucus participants shows Trump has 42% support compared to 17% for DeSantis.

This survey accords with another recent Iowa poll from American Greatness, which shows Trump ahead of DeSantis 42% to 15%.

Fox Business survey released last month reveals just 5 points separate the Florida Governor and Scott. DeSantis has 16% support, with Scott at 11%. Both contenders are far behind Trump, who is at 46%.

A recent Coefficient Poll shows DeSantis has 16% support, with Scott at 10%. Again, Trump is at 46%.

In a recent National Public Affairs poll, Trump is up 41% to 18%.

The Race to the White House polling average of the state shows Trump up 44% to 18% over DeSantis, meanwhile, with Scott at 9%.

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


2 comments

  • Michael K

    August 10, 2023 at 9:53 am

    The more people see Ron and what he’s done to Florida, the more they say, “No thanks.”

  • PeterH

    August 10, 2023 at 12:07 pm

    American voters especially here in Florida have soured on Ron DeSantis! I’m not sure he could win a election as ‘national dog catcher!’

    Worry not ….the current triumvirate of Klown contestants battling for the position to drive the 2024 Republican Presidential Klown Bus off a cliff will persevere ….. embarrassing themselves and their Party to the very end.

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