GOP Voters Have Chosen Trump, DeSantis as Two Republican Favorites for 2024 - Poll

A poll released on Wednesday revealed that more than 8 in 10 Republican voters say they will either support (or are open to doing so) former US President Donald Trump or Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in the 2024 US presidential election.

The survey was released before DeSantis announced his bid for presidency over Twitter Spaces with CEO Elon Musk, in an announcement which has been receiving backlash for its technical glitches, and showed Trump polling with support from 53% of Republicans and Republican-leaning voters.

DeSantis, a 44-year-old who “earned a commission in the US Navy as a JAG officer” while at Harvard, is currently polling with 26% of Republican voters, and is barely followed by former Vice President Mike Pence and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, who are both running with just 6% of GOP voter support in the polls.

More than 85% of those who responded to the survey said they would support, or consider supporting, either DeSantis or Trump. About three-quarters of survey respondents also said they felt “very” or “fairly” satisfied with the current Republican candidates, while just 27% said they were not “too satisfied” or not satisfied at all.

But the survey also found that in the last month, 57% of respondents showed an “unfavorable opinion” of Trump, though that number has decreased since last month.

At present, candidates running for the Republican nomination include former US ambassador to the United Nations and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, Dallas businessman Ryan Binkley and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, among other contenders.