Poll: Ron DeSantis has 15% support in Montana GOP Primary

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Meanwhile, in a 2-way matchup with Trump, DeSantis is just below 30%.

Florida’s Governor has a big problem in the Big Sky state.

At least that’s the takeaway from a new poll of 418 Republicans and independents who say they’re going to vote in Montana’s GOP Presidential Primary next June, a late-season event where 33 delegates are at stake.

In a new poll from J.L. PartnersRon DeSantis has 15% support, a distant second place behind Donald Trump, who has 52%.

Though DeSantis is nearly 40 points behind the former President, he can take some comfort in the fact that other candidates are further back.

Vivek Ramaswamy has 6% support, while Nikki Haley, Chris Christie and Tim Scott each have 3%. Mike Pence has 2% support and Doug Burgum, Governor of neighboring North Dakota, has just 1%.

DeSantis picks up support from other candidates in a hypothetical two-way race, which may be more likely given the late placement of the Primary. But he is still behind Trump, 56% to 29%, with the remainder undecided.

In terms of favorability, DeSantis is well positioned, with 75% approval against 19% disapproval. That’s comparable to Trump, who has 78% approval and 21% disapproval among the expected Primary voters.

The poll was conducted via a number of modalities, at 17% live landline, 30% live cell, 47% SMS-to-Web, and 6% in-app game polling.

Compared to a previous poll of the state, DeSantis isn’t as strong against Trump as he was earlier this summer.

Public Policy Polling survey showed Trump with 46% support and DeSantis with 23% in a survey of 510 likely Republican Primary voters conducted on June 19 and 20.

“In a head to head with DeSantis his lead declines from 23 points to 12 at 49-37. DeSantis picks up 14 points while Trump only picks up 3 in a two-man race,” the PPP polling memo said, indicating DeSantis has lost ground in a binary battle over time.

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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