Yet another poll of Republicans shows Florida’s Governor with a lot of ground to make up if he runs for President in 2028.
The Daily Mail poll shows that whether Donald Trump runs for an unconstitutional third term or not, Ron DeSantis is in single digits.
If Trump runs, he takes 39% support. Vice President JD Vance draws 19%. And DeSantis is at 6%, doubling up another Florida man: Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has 3%.
Without Trump in the field, Vance takes 48%, with DeSantis at 8%. Rubio is further back, with 5% support.
One scenario shows DeSantis at 10%, however, and that’s if Donald Trump Jr. runs.
Vance would take 40%, with Trump Jr. 11% and Rubio at 3%.
DeSantis said last year that he hasn’t “ruled anything out” and will “see what the future holds.” Yet these numbers are about where DeSantis has been in these surveys of a very much hypothetical 2028 Primary field.
A survey from Atlas Intel conducted between April 10 and April 14, showed DeSantis and Rubio at 9%, far behind the Vice President’s 60%.
A Yale Youth Poll released this month shows DeSantis at 8% overall. In that survey, he’s just behind HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., who sits at 9%.
April’s Echelon Insights survey has the Governor at 9%.
In his best performance recently, an April Overton Insights poll shows him at 13% among Republican and Republican-leaning voters and 14% among strictly GOP-registered voters.
A YouGov survey in the field from March 30 through April 1 shows that while 8% of Republicans and GOP-leaning respondents back the former 2024 candidate making a second run, 10% of respondents would be disappointed if he were nominated.
A January survey from McLaughlin & Associates had DeSantis at 8%, behind Vance and Donald Trump Jr.
At a straw poll conducted at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, DeSantis mustered 7% support, finishing far behind Vance’s 61% and also behind Steve Bannon, whose 12% support surprised many observers.
According to one survey, DeSantis couldn’t win his home state.
A survey released exclusively to Florida Politics by Fabrizio Lee & Associates shows Vance would defeat the Governor 47% to 33%.
However, it’s not all rejection for Ron.
A YouGov poll released this month showed DeSantis with the best net favorability among conservatives.
Yet that doesn’t seem to buoy him in presidential preference polls.
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