A.G. Gancarski
Two Florida men are tied for second place in a fresh poll of the still-hypothetical race for the Republican presidential nomination in three years.
The survey from Atlas Intel, which was conducted between April 10 and April 14, shows Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Gov. Ron DeSantis tied with 9% support.
This puts them marginally ahead of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who has 8% support.
But all three are way behind Vice President JD Vance’s 60%.
Tucker Carlson (5%), Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (3%), and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (1%) bring up the rear, while 6% of respondents want someone else entirely.
This survey represents Rubio’s best number in any of the various early surveys of the 2028 field.
DeSantis said last year that he hasn’t “ruled anything out” and will “see what the future holds.” But this is the latest in a series of polls where DeSantis struggles.
A Yale Youth Poll released this week shows DeSantis at 8% overall. In that survey, he’s just behind HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., who sits at 9%.
April’s Echelon Insights survey has the Governor at 9%.
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 had DeSantis at 8%, behind Vance and Donald 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%.
