See how DeSantis is polling since entering 2024 presidential race

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) previously laughed off polling showing him trailing 45th President Donald Trump in the 2024 race by a significant margin claiming because he was not yet in the race, the polls would change.

But the Florida governor’s entrance in the race appears to be doing the opposite, according to polling.

A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows Trump is gaining ground in the race while DeSantis is flailing. 

“In fact, the survey of 1,520 U.S. adults, which was conducted from May 25-30, suggests that DeSantis may have actually lost ground against frontrunner and former President Donald Trump since officially entering the race for the 2024 GOP nomination during a glitchy Twitter Spaces event with the platform’s billionaire owner Elon Musk,” according to Yahoo News. 

“Among potential Republican primary voters — registered voters who identify as Republicans or GOP-leaning independents — Trump now leads the full field of seven declared candidates with 53%. That’s up from 48% in early May, before DeSantis threw his hat in the ring. And DeSantis now lags further behind than he did just a few weeks ago; his 25% is down from 28% in early May.”

Before his entrance into the race, DeSantis trailed Trump by 20 points. Now, he trails the 45th President by 28 points. 
Yahoo Newsnoted, “It’s worth noting that while the margin of error for the full Yahoo News/YouGov survey is 2.7%, smaller subsets of respondents — like potential Republican primary voters — always have a larger margin of error to account for random irregularity in the numbers. The swing toward Trump and away from DeSantis technically teeters right on the edge of this margin of error (4.9%).”