A new McLaughlin poll is the latest survey to suggest that the post-Donald Trump era won’t see another Florida man as the GOP standard-bearer.
Florida’s Governor, a former Senator and a current Senator add up to less than 10% support between them.
Gov. Ron DeSantis is the best performer of the bunch, with 6% backing in the late April survey. That puts him down 2 points month over month.
The survey sampled 456 Republicans.
DeSantis performs best with Black voters. His 11% support is good for second place behind Vice President JD Vance and Donald Trump Jr.
Despite his role as a jack-of-all-trades in the Trump administration, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is also down from March. His 2% support is half of what he had in the previous survey, despite the President floating the Hialeah Republican as a potential 2028 hopeful.
Rubio is strongest with “liberal” Republicans. Among that group, he has 6% support.
Finally, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott continues to struggle in polling with national Republicans, with 1% support.
But there are outliers. Among Republicans who voted for Kamala Harris over Trump, Scott has 4% support. The Naples Republican is also at 3% with Hispanic voters.
All three men are well behind the leading candidates overall. Vance has 25% support, while the current President’s son is at 21%.
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