In the nationwide polls that don’t consider primary cycles, former President Donald Trump emerges as the clear favorite to become the Republican nominee next year, garnering strong support from a wide majority.
According to the latest Rasmussen Reports poll, Trump enjoys a commanding lead with 57% support. The closest competitor is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who stands at 13%, trailing Trump by a substantial 44 points.
This sizeable margin of 34.4 percentage points over DeSantis and other contenders, as tracked by RealClear Politics’ polling average, represents the largest lead recently recorded. Notably, Trump’s lead has been on an upward trend, with the three most recent polls showing him ahead by over 40 points.
While DeSantis performs relatively well in the Quinnipiac University and Yahoo! News polls, with 25% and 23% support respectively, he still lags behind Trump by 29 and 25 points in those surveys.
The full Rasmussen Reports poll results are as follows:
- Trump 57%
- DeSantis 13%
- Former Vice President Mike Pence 5%
- Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie 5%
- Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., 4%
- Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley 4%
- Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson 4%
- Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy 3%
The survey conducted by Rasmussen Reports involved 1,031 likely U.S. voters from July 18 to July 20, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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Whose sleeves did they shake these polls out from?