In recent months, Republican support for the former president has been on a steady downward trend – and the one who is riding on his back is the governor of Florida. “Conservatives want Trumpism, but without Trump”
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has a huge lead over former President Donald Trump in the question of who is the most suitable candidate to lead the Republicans, according to a poll conducted among party voters.
The USA Today and Suffolk University poll, released Tuesday, found that 56 percent of GOP-leaning Republican and independent voters favor Florida’s governor as party leader. Only 33% of the participants said they wanted Trump.
In another question, 60% said they want whoever leads the Republican Party to continue the former president’s policies, but they don’t want Trump as president.
“There’s a new Republican sheriff in town,” said David Paleologos, director of Suffolk University’s Center for Political Research. “DeSantis outperforms Trump not only among the general electorate, but also among Republican voters, and those who were the former president’s voter base.”
“Republicans and conservative independents want more Trumpism, but without Trump,” Paleologos added.
Trump is in a big problem, as his support has been dropping rapidly in recent months – due to the multitude of investigations against him, the fact that his company ‘The Trump Organization’ was found guilty of tax fraud, the loss of the candidates he supported in the mid-term elections, and the dinner he held recently, apparently against his will , with holocaust denier Nick Fuentes and rapper Kanye West.
The poll also found that Trump’s approval rating among Republicans fell from 75% in October to 64% in December, at the same time as dissatisfaction with him rose from 18% to 23% in the same period, respectively.
Also, pollsters found that President Joe Biden leads Trump in a hypothetical one-on-one race for the presidency, but he does not lead DeSantis, who beats him by 4 points.
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