Trump trounces DeSantis in potential GOP primary matchup, new poll finds - The Hill

Former President Trump holds astatine 17-point pb implicit Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) successful a hypothetical GOP superior match-up, according to a caller poll. 

A Morning Consult poll released Wednesday showed Trump with 48 percent enactment among imaginable Republican superior voters, followed by DeSantis with 31 percent. Trump’s front-runner presumption differs from immoderate polls since the November midterm elections, which person shown DeSantis closing the spread with Trump oregon taking a pb successful immoderate cases. 

Former Vice President Mike Pence came successful 3rd with 8 percent, followed by erstwhile Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) with 3 percent. Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) some received 2 percent. 

Trump’s enactment successful Morning Consult polls implicit the past period has stayed betwixt 45 and 50 percent, portion DeSantis has hovered astir 30 percent.

Among Trump voters successful the astir caller poll, DeSantis is comfortably the 2nd choice, with 44 percent backing the Florida governor. About 20 percent would enactment Pence, and 7 percent would backmost Cruz. 

Just implicit a 3rd of DeSantis supporters would ballot for Trump arsenic their 2nd choice, portion 14 percent would enactment Pence and 13 percent would backmost Haley. 

Pollsters recovered Trump’s favorability standing among imaginable Republican superior voters to beryllium improving implicit the past month, with 77 percent having a favorable presumption of him. Trump’s nett favorability rating, taken from subtracting the percent who presumption him unfavorably from the percent who presumption him favorably, passed 50 percent successful the Morning Consult polling for the archetypal clip successful astir a month.

Almost 7 successful 10 imaginable voters person a favorable presumption of DeSantis. 

DeSantis has an vantage among imaginable voters who presumption each of them unfavorably. Only 11 percent said they presumption DeSantis unfavorably, portion 23 percent said they presumption Trump unfavorably.

The canvass did amusement that DeSantis would execute somewhat amended against President Biden successful a hypothetical wide predetermination match-up than Trump would. DeSantis led Biden by 3 points, 44 percent to 41 percent, portion Biden led Trump by 3 points, 43 percent to 40 percent. 

Pollsters recovered two-thirds oregon much of respondents said they person not heard thing precocious astir immoderate of the different imaginable candidates. 

Trump became the archetypal large Republican campaigner to leap successful the contention successful November, but respective different salient Republicans person indicated they are considering running. DeSantis has not made a nationalist announcement but has been the taxable of dense speculation surrounding statesmanlike ambitions. 

The canvass was conducted from Jan. 13 to 15 among 829 imaginable Republican superior voters. The borderline of mistake was 4 percent points.