New polls for 2024: Trump leads DeSantis by a large margin, however polls have excellent news for either side

Donald Trump is now the only Republican presidential candidate in 2024, well ahead of his closest likely rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a new poll shows.

morning consultation poll posted on wednesday shows Trump leading DeSantis by 17 points in a hypothetical Republican primary between the two conservative favorites.

trump card get support From 48% of respondents, with DeSantis in second place at 31% – both ways.

Behind those two is former Vice President Mike Pence at just 8 percent and, ridiculously, currently unemployed former lawmaker Liz Cheney at 3 percent.

Morning Consult reports that the main takeaway from their poll is Trump’s steady lead, in fact his approval rating is actually improvethe news cycle is actually feeding him more positive coverage.

Trump beats DeSantis in potential GOP primary, new poll shows https://t.co/DSrZCYDHmv pic.twitter.com/IDGUFEo7SC

– The Hill (@thehill) January 18, 2023

related: Report: Democrats fear third-party votes in 2024 – ‘Trump will win’

Trump leads DeSantis in new 2024 polls

Unsurprisingly, Trump’s problem comes not with his 2024 primary matchup with DeSantis, but with his matchup with Joe Biden should the president declare a re-election bid.

In the same Morning Consult poll, Biden beat Trump by 43%-40%, but DeSantis beat Democrats by a similar three-point margin.

The firm described it more as an electoral capacity issue in the general election, but it may more accurately reflect the fact that both Biden and Trump have nearly 99% popularity and the ensuing scrutiny of the Significantly negative approval ratings for both gentlemen.

DeSantis maintains a favorable rating of +58, but unlike Trump, has a much higher disapproval of Florida’s governor — 21% have either never heard of him or listened to him Talked about him but no comment.

The point is, both Trump and DeSantis have a lot of positives in this 2024 matchup poll.

WPA voting:

DeSantis: 45%
Biden: 42%

Biden: 49%
Trump: 41%

A growing number of opinion polls show this. Obviously, it’s too early for 2024, but polls like this one show that Americans are doing well to ditch Biden, but don’t want to go back to Trump. https://t.co/2dvyeKuE1p

— Dan K. Eberhart (@DanKEberhart) January 16, 2023

related: Is Trump just threatening a third-party campaign to divide the Republican Party?

Who is your choice?

A sort of second survey WPA intelligence shows a similar picture, with DeSantis slightly ahead of Biden in the hypothetical 2024 matchup, while Trump trails the incumbent.

DeSantis has yet to announce his candidacy, but many experts expect he could launch a campaign after his state’s legislative session in May.

You can put “Trump” on anything and it will sell. This man is a sober economy and the best man to run America. #trump2024 pic.twitter.com/D1fpjanwh2

— Heather Mullins (@TalkMullins) January 17, 2023

Political Insider reported in November that DeSantis been telling the donors He is “reconsidering” plans to launch a presidential campaign in 2024.

Trump came to power shortly after November’s midterm elections.

He has since released campaign videos, one of which calls for congressional hearings and subpoenas to investigate the FBI’s role in using Twitter to control information and influence elections.

In another campaign video, Trump announced Free Speech Policy Platform Aims to “dismantle and destroy” left-wing censorship.

“If we don’t have free speech, then we don’t have a free country,” he said. “It’s that simple.”

Wow! I really like President Trump’s policy platform to restore free speech.

This is the kind of policy that will bring him back to the White House! pic.twitter.com/UYPeY671cl

— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) December 15, 2022

An interesting polling number is how a unified vote of Trump and DeSantis would hold up against Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. I suspect the Republican lead will be much higher than 3 points.

The latest Morning Consult poll was conducted over the weekend. It’s unclear whether Biden’s approval ratings against DeSantis and Trump will be negatively impacted by his escalating classified documents scandal this week.