Poll for Trump’s super PAC shows former president still leading Republicans with 51 percent of vote after landmark impeachment: 47 percent of respondents said they won’t get a fair trial in Manhattan
- Trump campaign poll says he has 51 percent of the Republican vote
- Poll places former president ahead of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence and Nikki Haley
- About 47 percent of those polled said they will not get a fair trial in Manhattan.
Donald Trump’s allies remain optimistic that his impeachment has risen in popularity as their research shows he is winning the Republican leadership race.
A poll by Trump’s campaign found that 51 percent of Republicans see him as their preferred candidate for 2024, putting him ahead of his biggest threat, Ron DeSantis, who shot 21 percent.
A separate YouGov survey and yahoo news Similarly, he found that 57 percent of Republicans would vote for Trump, while only 31 percent would back DeSantis.
It comes after Trump’s team claimed yesterday that more than $4 million was donated to his presidential campaign within 24 hours of his impeachment.
The former president faces 34 charges related to an alleged $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016.
Donald Trump’s allies remain optimistic that his popularity has only risen after his indictment over a $130,000 hush money payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels.
A poll by Trump’s team says he has 51 percent of the Republican vote
Trump’s team conducted a full-field ballot test of 14 potential Republican candidates on Friday and Saturday, two days after his impeachment.
While Trump and DeSantis ranked first in the latest poll, former Vice President Mike Pence ranked third with 6 percent of the vote.
Nikki Haley came in fourth with four percent, as all other candidates received two percent or less each.
A general election test vote also put Trump ahead of Biden 47-43, a figure little changed from his team’s previous poll in March.
Meanwhile, 47 percent of those polled said they would not get a fair trial in Manhattan.
Trump has repeatedly expressed concern about being tried in the Democratic state.
Yesterday, the 76-year-old politician said his indictment had inspired $4 million for his presidential campaign.
A quarter of the money came from new donors and payments can be traced to all 50 states, according to a fundraising email sent by Trump late Friday.
In the message, Trump wrote: “This is the battle I voluntarily signed up for when I decided to take on the entire Washington Machine as a political outsider 8 years ago, and be YOUR voice.”
There is no way to confirm the numbers until the campaign submits its first quarter report by April 15.
Manhattan prosecutor Alvin Bragg has been accused of conducting a political “witch hunt” against Trump
Trump’s biggest leadership rival, DeSantis, has been forced to walk a political tightrope while discussing the impeachment.
Trump was sensationally indicted Thursday following a years-long investigation into the money paid to Daniels.
He is scheduled to be arrested Tuesday and faces up to four years in jail if convicted.
It marked a victory for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who reinvigorated the investigation and doggedly pursued the case.
But Trump and his family members have repeatedly accused Bragg of a politically charged “witch hunt” that will only make voters more sympathetic to the former president.
On Saturday, Trump’s biggest leadership rival, DeSantis, was forced to walk a political tightrope while discussing the impeachment.
The Florida governor, who has not officially launched his leadership bid, accused the Manhattan district attorney of using the law as a weapon against Trump.
However, he avoided using the former president’s name in an hour-long campaign-like speech on Saturday.
It illustrated how potential candidates for the 2024 Republican nomination have found themselves in the awkward position of having to line up behind the favorite.