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Ron DeSantis WOULD BEAT Biden if the presidential election were held today, a poll claims, after an earlier poll of Republican voters also predicted he would beat Trump in a primary race.
- WPA Intelligence surveyed 1,035 likely voters from January 2-8 for its latest poll on political trends
- They found that in a race between Joe Biden and Ron DeSantis, Biden would lose to the governor of Florida with 45 percent choosing DeSantis and 42 percent choosing Biden.
- However, Biden would beat Trump, with 49 percent going Democrat and just 40 percent favoring his Republican predecessor.
- A separate Suffolk University poll last month surveyed 1,000 likely voters and found that DeSantis would beat Trump in a Republican primary.
Ron DeSantis would defeat Joe Biden if the presidential election were held today, according to a new poll.
Florida’s governor has yet to declare his candidacy for the 2024 election, but after a triumphant showing in the midterms, he is believed to be gearing up for a White House campaign.
In more good news for DeSantis’ team, a WPA Intelligence The poll showed that DeSantis won the support of 45 percent of likely voters, while Biden won 42.
His compatriot from Florida, Donald Trump, has already declared his intention to run for president again.
But a poll last month it showed DeSantis, 44, defeating Trump, 76, in a Republican primary.
However, Biden handily defeated Trump: If the election were held today, 49 percent would choose Biden and only 41 percent Trump. The only point of concern for DeSantis’ team is recognition.
While almost all of those surveyed correctly identified the photos of Trump and Biden, more than a third, 36 percent, were unable to name DeSantis when shown his photo.
Last month’s survey suffolk universitysaw 56 percent of voters endorsing DeSantis in a Republican primary, versus 33 percent for Trump.
The pollsters spoke to 1,000 people in December.
DeSantis is helped both by his youth and by being a fresh face on the national political scene.
He is widely seen as the embodiment of many of the right-wing policies that made Trump so popular, but without the president’s erratic and divisive behavior that alienated independent voters as well as small-c conservatives.
Both Biden and Trump are now under investigation by special counsel for their handling of classified material, and Trump, who had more than 300 documents hidden at Mar-a-Lago and held them for months, could face charges.
DeSantis, by contrast, has won praise for his November re-election campaign as governor, which saw him win over voters even in Democratic strongholds like Miami.
It is believed that he is likely to announce his candidacy this spring.
Meanwhile, aides say Biden is seriously considering a second term, even though, at 80, he is the oldest person to serve in the White House. Trump is the second oldest person to assume the presidency.
Trump announced his plans to run again in 2024 shortly after last November’s midterm elections.
He did so in anticipation of a great result for the MAGA candidates he backed in the midterm races.
But most of them, including Arizona gubernatorial hopeful Kari Lake and US Senate candidates Dr. Mehmet Oz and Herschel Walker, lost to their Democratic rivals.
That has sparked speculation that Trump may be losing his touch among Republicans.
Still, his continued control over many other Republican members is seen as the key reason no one has dared to announce their own campaign for the Republican nomination.
Among those expected to fight for him are DeSantis, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, and former UN ambassador Nikki Haley.