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Former president Donald Trump, who’s had a rather rocky stretch since announcing his 2024 White House bid in mid-November, now finds himself in unfamiliar territory: trailing in a national poll of Republican presidential primary voters.
A Yahoo News/YouGov poll released this week shows Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) with a slight lead in a hypothetical 2024 matchup with Trump among registered voters who are Republicans or Republican leaners. Among that group, 47 percent say they would vote for DeSantis, while 42 percent would vote for Trump if those were the two candidates in their state’s primary or caucus.
In mid-October, Trump led DeSantis among that group, 45 percent to 36 percent.
In a more crowded field, DeSantis also holds his own.
When offered a choice of nine potential candidates, 35 percent of Republican voters pick Trump, compared to 33 percent for DeSantis — a finding well within the poll’s margin of error.
Trump has faced several rounds of negative headlines over the past several weeks: for hosting at his Mar-a-Lago estate far-right activist Nick Fuentes and hip-hop artist Ye, who has made antisemitic comments; for calling for the “termination” of the Constitution so he could be reinstalled to power and for watching his endorsed candidate, Republican Herschel Walker, lose the Georgia Senate runoff.
Former president Donald Trump, who’s had a rather rocky stretch since announcing his 2024 White House bid in mid-November, now finds himself in unfamiliar territory: trailing in a national poll of Republican presidential primary voters.
A Yahoo News/YouGov poll released this week shows Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) with a slight lead in a hypothetical 2024 matchup with Trump among registered voters who are Republicans or Republican leaners. Among that group, 47 percent say they would vote for DeSantis, while 42 percent would vote for Trump if those were the two candidates in their state’s primary or caucus.
In mid-October, Trump led DeSantis among that group, 45 percent to 36 percent.
In a more crowded field, DeSantis also holds his own.
When offered a choice of nine potential candidates, 35 percent of Republican voters pick Trump, compared to 33 percent for DeSantis — a finding well within the poll’s margin of error.
Trump has faced several rounds of negative headlines over the past several weeks: for hosting at his Mar-a-Lago estate far-right activist Nick Fuentes and hip-hop artist Ye, who has made antisemitic comments; for calling for the “termination” of the Constitution so he could be reinstalled to power and for watching his endorsed candidate, Republican Herschel Walker, lose the Georgia Senate runoff.
