Trump Extends Lead over DeSantis in GOP Primary
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On Friday, former President Donald Trump further widened his lead over presumed GOP rival Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) according to recent polls. Left-leaning articles highlight that major donors and GOP leaders worry DeSantis is too polarizing a candidate, while right-leaning articles highlight Trump’s leap from trailing behind DeSantis to having a 13-point lead in the polls within months.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that it received exclusive results from the new Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll showing that Trump extended his lead over DeSantis in a presumed matchup in the 2024 presidential election. Around 55% of respondents reported that they would pick Trump for president, while DeSantis, the runner up, only received support from 20%. This is up from the previous month, when the same poll showed 50% of GOP voters said they would vote for Trump.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlighted that while DeSantis has yet to announce an official bid for the presidency, he has begun to tour the country and introduce himself to non-Floridian voters and is poised as the most potent rival to Trump in the GOP primaries. The Post highlighted that the problem is that major donors, including GOP leaders, worry that DeSantis has established himself as too extreme a candidate, as exemplified by his signing of a 6-week abortion ban in Florida last week.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlighted that a Wall Street Journal poll showed that Trump managed to catapult himself from a 14-point deficit to a 13-point lead over DeSantis in the span of four months. It added that while DeSantis has not announced a bid for the presidency, he is expected to make the announcement at the end of Florida’s legislative session next month. He has made moves to “beef up” the staff in Tallahassee, Fla., possibly in anticipation of his departure.