Post-indictment poll: Trump surges to largest-ever lead over DeSantis

[calguy]

A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll — one of the first conducted after former President Donald Trump was indicted Thursday for his role in paying hush money to a porn star — shows Trump surging to his largest-ever lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his likely 2024 GOP primary challenger, as Republican voters rally around the only president in U.S. history to face criminal charges.

In the previous Yahoo News/YouGov survey, which was conducted less than two weeks ago, Trump (47%) led DeSantis (39%) by eight percentage points in a head-to-head matchup among registered voters who are Republicans or Republican-leaning independents. As recently as February, it was DeSantis who was narrowly ahead of Trump, 45% to 41%.

But the new, post-indictment poll suddenly finds Trump lapping DeSantis by 26 percentage points — 57% to 31% — in a one-on-one contest. The former president even attracts majority support (52%, up from 44% previously) when pitted against a wider, 10-candidate field of declared and potential GOP challengers, while DeSantis plummets to 21% (down from 28%).

No one else cracks double digits.

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-indictment-poll-surges-lead-desantis-151150006.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=0_00

He's still only getting 57% of Republican votes, even in this situation.

Bottom line, there is still a large percentage of Republicans that will never vote for anything MAGA again.

The last 3 elections should have been enough for the GOP to learn, but if it takes a 4th time, we'll give it to them.

[bearsfootball516]

1. Hate em both, but it's going to be amusing to watch Trump just eviscerate DeStantis in the debates

DeStantis is in so far over his head, he doesn't have the raw ruthlessness to compete with Trump in a primary.

[mobeau69]

4. Plus he'll still be looking to get maga votes. LOL

[Groundhawg]

9. Desantis isn't running. there will be no debates with him.

[mobeau69]

2. He still only gets 57%......That's in a matchup against another puke. Some of DuhSantis' vote would go

to pig in a matchup against a Dem.

GOTV. I’m too old to move out of the US.

[Polybius]

11. Almost no one in primaries ever gets more than 57%

Gore in 2000 was a notable exception.

[Johonny]

3. Lesson: when your opponent is indicted you smear him, you don't support him

DeSantis is WEAK sauce.

[newdayneeded]

15. Yes, I would have thought this is definitely

the time to separate from trump. get an add out about trump being the first ex pres to be indicted etc

But, they just can't get over their fear of him. I just shake my head.

[PatSeg]

16. Yeah, definitely not ready for primetime

DeSantis has a majority personality deficiency and clearly his political skills aren't too impressive either. Rather reminds me of Scott Walker's presidential ambitions, and like DeSantis, Walker was a hard sell outside of his own state. I think their statewide power goes to their heads, but once they move out of their bubbles, reality smacks them in the face.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

5. Rally 'round the shithole, pukes.

[calguy]

6. A better poll would be. ..

Are voters who did not vote for Donald Trump in 2020 shifting their allegiances toward him? If not, then he's still going to LOSE AGAIN. BIGLY.

[GPV]

8. I like your thinking

[underpants]

7. This is this phase of the cult where they start stacking hay bails against the walls or buy matching

Track suits.

[Kaleva]

12. His support may be thin given the small turnouts at protests

The people who voted for him in 2020 donated on average of $.02 each to his campaign in the few days after the announcement if his indictment.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

13. Republicans are sealing their political doom.

[iemanja]

14. Republicans like their candidates criminal

His numbers may go up further if he's sentenced to jail.