(The Guardian) Donald Trump will at 9pm today make a “big announcement” – probably of another presidential campaign – at his Mar-a-Lago resort. If you’re a Republican, it will indeed be big.
The former president is at the center of an array of investigations by local and federal authorities and just had a number of his handpicked candidates rejected by voters in the midterms, but a poll released today shows he’s still the most popular man in the GOP.
If the primary were held today, 47% of Republicans and independents who lean towards the party would support Trump, according to a Politico/Morning Consult poll. Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis, who won a resounding reelection victory on Tuesday, would get 33% support. Trump’s former vice-president Mike Pence would get only 5% support. No other candidates came close.
The figures underscore the durability of Trump’s appeal to Republican voters, despite all that has happened since he took over the GOP in 2016 and won the White House later that year. It also cuts into the idea that Republicans’ struggles in Tuesday’s vote are a sign of voters souring on his brand.
That said, the survey reinforces the belief that voters see DeSantis as an increasingly palatable alternative to Trump. He’s jumped in popularity since the most recent Morning Consult poll, when he was at 26% support. In that survey, Trump was at 48% support, just a point from where he is now.
The former president is at the center of an array of investigations by local and federal authorities and just had a number of his handpicked candidates rejected by voters in the midterms, but a poll released today shows he’s still the most popular man in the GOP.
If the primary were held today, 47% of Republicans and independents who lean towards the party would support Trump, according to a Politico/Morning Consult poll. Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis, who won a resounding reelection victory on Tuesday, would get 33% support. Trump’s former vice-president Mike Pence would get only 5% support. No other candidates came close.
The figures underscore the durability of Trump’s appeal to Republican voters, despite all that has happened since he took over the GOP in 2016 and won the White House later that year. It also cuts into the idea that Republicans’ struggles in Tuesday’s vote are a sign of voters souring on his brand.
That said, the survey reinforces the belief that voters see DeSantis as an increasingly palatable alternative to Trump. He’s jumped in popularity since the most recent Morning Consult poll, when he was at 26% support. In that survey, Trump was at 48% support, just a point from where he is now.
