Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (Ron DeSantis)'s support rate and former President Trump's gap is narrowing, "Capitol Hill" announced on the 21st the latest survey by the Harvard American Political Research Center and Harris Corporation (Harvard CAPS/Harris), If DeSantis runs for president in 2024, his approval rating in the party's primary will rise by 11 points to 28%, while Trump's lead will fall by nine points to 46%, although he still has a double-digit lead.
Mark Penn, director of Harvard and Harris investigations, said: "DeSantis' gradual rise in popularity has weakened Trump's lead. If both men run in 2024, the primaries will be very competitive. Trump Might lose."
Trump announced his 2024 run for president last week, but more and more Republicans are questioning his influence in the party and whether he is the right person to represent the party because the party's midterm election results are not as expected. Many candidates for endorsement lost to their opponents.
Since October, the public's favorable opinion of Trump has dropped by 5 percentage points. 44% of voters have a favorable impression of him, and 49% have a negative impression.
And DeSantis was re-elected by a large margin in the mid-term election, which seems to indicate that he is also popular among Republicans across the country. The Harvard-Harris poll showed DeSantis' approval rating at 46 percent if Trump hadn't participated in the primary, up from 40 percent last month.
15% of voters believe that DeSantis is the biggest winner of the mid-term election, and 20% think that Trump is the biggest loser; but in the polls, Trump's performance in the 2024 election is still better than DeSantis. The matchup between Trump and Biden is 44% to 42%, and the matchup between Trump and He Jinli is 47% to 40%. The matchup between DeSantis and Biden is 43%, and it is 42% to 39% with He Jinli. leading by 3 percentage points.
Two years before the election, DeSantis has not yet made a final decision on whether to run for president, but his relationship with Trump has clearly become tense. It is his own credit for being the governor of Florida, and he believes that DeSantis' reluctance to say whether he will run in 2024 is disloyal.
But DeSantis brushed off Trump's comments, saying his and the Republicans' victory in Florida set an example for the nation and showed a way out of the predicament.
