Ron DeSantis at 9% in new 2028 poll, way behind JD Vance

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Gov. Ron DeSantis is second to JD Vance in a new survey of Republican Presidential Primary voters from Echelon Insights.

That’s the good news.

The bad news is that the Vice President has 47% support, and DeSantis is only at 9%, ahead of Robert Kennedy Jr. (7%), Vivek Ramaswamy (5%), and Nikki Haley and Marco Rubio (4% each).

DeSantis is in double digits with women (10%) and senior citizens (12%), as well as Hispanics and people with bachelor’s degrees (16%). He also has 13% support among those who are widowed or whose marriages failed, and 14% backing among self-identified liberals.

DeSantis said last year that he hasn’t “ruled anything out” and will “see what the future holds.”

So far, the future shows room for improvement.

The Governor has hovered around 10% in most polling of the still-undefined 2028 field.

In his best performance recently, an April Overton Insights poll shows him at 13% among Republican and Republican-leaning voters and 14% among strictly GOP-registered voters.

A YouGov survey in the field from March 30 through April 1 shows that while 8% of Republicans and GOP-leaning respondents back the former 2024 candidate making a second run, 10% of respondents would be disappointed if he were nominated.

A January survey from McLaughlin & Associates showed DeSantis at 8%, behind Vance and Trump Jr.

At a straw poll conducted at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, DeSantis mustered 7% support, finishing far behind Vance’s 61% and also behind Steve Bannon, whose 12% support surprised many observers.

According to one survey, DeSantis couldn’t win his home state.

A survey released exclusively to Florida Politics by Fabrizio Lee & Associates shows Vance would defeat the Governor 47% to 33%.