Trump extends lead over DeSantis to 14 POINTS in new poll
- Former President Donald Trump has increased his lead over his closest rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, to 14 points, a new Quinnipiac poll shows
- Trump gets 46 percent of registered GOP voters, to DeSantis’ 32 percent
- Last month, Trump got 42 percent to the Florida governor’s 36 percent
- The new poll comes as Trump has ramped up his attack on DeSantis, but appears to be caught up in more legal drama
Former President Donald Trump has increased his lead over his closest rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, to 14 points in a new Quinnipiac national poll for the 2024 Republican nomination.
The researchreleased Wednesday shows that 46 percent of registered Republican voters would choose Trump as the party’s nominee, while 32 percent said DeSantis.
Another 5 percent said they were former UN Amb. Nikki Haley, while 3 percent would go for former Vice President Mike Pence.
Last month, Trump and DeSantis were in a tighter race for the nomination, with Trump getting the support of 42 percent of GOP registered voters and DeSantis getting the support of 36 percent.
Trump’s gains come as the ex-President has started to hit DeSantis harder, though at the same time he’s involved in more legal drama, as a Manhattan grand jury hears key witnesses in the 2016 hush money case involving the ex-President and porn star. Stormy Daniels.
Former President Donald Trump made gains over key rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, in March’s Quinnipiac poll of 2024 GOP presidential candidates
Former President Donald Trump has started to hit Florida Governor Ron DeSantis harder, as he did during his Monday appearance in Davenport, Iowa
“DeSantis may be the buzz in the GOP conversation, but for now, Trump sees no erosion and is even enjoying a bump in his lead in the Republican primary,” Quinnipiac University polling analyst Tim Malloy said in a statement.
Trump announced he would run for the White House again in mid-November, while DeSantis has remained on the sidelines, though a book tour has recently seen him appear in early primary states.
Haley announced her presidential bid on February 15.
Quinnipiac’s February investigation was conducted a day later.
In the four weeks since, Haley’s polls have remained unchanged — as she also received the support of 5 percent of registered Republicans nationally in February.
Pence actually lost one point of support since February, though it’s not statistically significant with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.
No other potential GOP hopefuls polled above 2 percent in the March survey.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has yet to announce a presidential bid, but he is touring early primary states, such as this performance in Des Moines, Iowa, as part of a book tour
Former Am. Nikki Haley (left), who has announced a run, and former Vice President Mike Pence (right) are the only other two GOP hopefuls to score above 2 percent
If Trump and DeSantis were the only two in the field, Trump maintained his commanding lead.
The former president garnered the support of 51 percent against DeSantis’ 40 percent of Republican registered voters nationwide.
However, DeSantis is more competitive against Democratic President Joe Biden, but either Republican would lose — even though DeSantis’ score falls within the full 2.4 margin of error.
Forty-nine percent of registered voters said they would support Biden if he went into a rematch against Trump, who received the support of 45 percent.
Against Florida governor, Biden garnered the support of 47 percent of registered voters to DeSantis’s 46 percent.