Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appears poised to take over the mantle of GOP leadership – just as former President Donald Trump prepares to kick off his 2024 presidential campaign.
New polls conducted for the prominent conservative Club for Growth finds DeSantis now leading Trump in hypothetical one-on-one matchups in several key states, and another poll finds DeSantis ahead of Trump nationally.
According to the polls, Trump now trails DeSantis by double digits in the Iowa caucus, New Hampshire primary, Florida primary, and Georgia primary – essentially all of the early 2024 primary states.
DeSantis’ biggest lead is in Florida, where he is ahead of Trump 56% to 30%. Next is Georgia, where DeSantis has 55% support from Republicans, compared to 35% for Trump.
Meanwhile, a national poll of Republicans finds that DeSantis leads Trump 45% to 43%, the first time the Florida governor has leap-frogged the former president in national polling.
“Republicans need to be united behind a strong candidate and a platform that shows voters real solutions to beat Biden and the Democrats in 2024,” said Club for Growth President David McIntosh. “Our polling shows that Republican primary voters recognize Trump’s insults against Republicans as hollow and counterproductive, and it’s taking a significant toll on his support.”
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Why is this a shock? It is time to move away from former President Trump and focus on future goals.
Who, besides Trump, is shocked?
Shocker? The only shock would be is if he wouldn’t be leading. Trump has lost the last three elections for republicans
The reason trump won in 2016 was because there were 16 candidates if it’s one against one desantis wins, if not there will be someone else who will siphon votes away from desantis (won’t take away trump votes) and trump wins
If trump isn’t the GOP nominee watch for him to run third party and destroy the republicans
Donald Trump is a loser.
Don’t believe these fake polls Donald for king
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Not really. That would be the lying media and the rest.
The number suggest Trump has minimal chance of winning in 2024, and will cripple the Republican party if he runs. In politics, what matters is winning. Giving up your career over a principle makes you a saint, but if you are saintly you are probably not going to go into politics.
I think Trump did an amazing job during the 4 months of his presidency. Unfortunately, he allowed his evil inclinations to get the better of him in conjunction with the fact that he has almost no inhibitions. The result is that he is now a liability, and the only thing he can accomplish is to splinter the votes of the Republican voters and thus cause another 4 years of economic misery, crime, and porous border under the Democrats.
Sad but true….
Desantis is a good right wing republican but would he have been the first Pres to buck the trend and move the embassy to Jerusalem?
Doubt it.
Trump deserves jewish support. don’t be an ingrate. there’s nothing worth than a כפוי טוב
To lbj: The U.S. constitution does not contemplate a king, which is part of why you scare me.