A brand new Emerson College poll is bad news for any Republican seeking to run against President Donald Trump for the 2024 presidential nomination.
According to the poll, Trump’s numbers have skyrocketed through the roof, with the 45th President taking 62 percent of the vote, with the closest declared or undeclared competitor, Gov. Ron Desantis (R-FL), getting only 16 percent support — 46 points behind Trump.
The poll also shows that Trump would fare better than DeSantis in winning the election over Joe Biden.
“In a hypothetical 2024 matchup, Biden narrowly leads Trump 43% to 41%, while 10% would vote for someone else and 6% are undecided. Against DeSantis, Biden holds 43% while DeSantis receives 37%, 12% would vote for someone else and 8% are undecided. Both races are within the poll’s margin of error,” Emerson College Polling wrote.
“Regardless of which candidate they support for president, 40% of voters think Joe Biden will continue to be President after the 2024 election, while 35% expect Donald Trump to be the next president, and a quarter of voters (25%) expect someone else to be President.”
Trump is only increasing his lead among the GOP field while showing he is the strongest candidate against Biden, who has meager approval ratings among all voters, including Democrats.