Donald Trump’s legal difficulties have not yet hindered his 2024 presidential bid, according to a new Wall Street Journal poll.
What happened: Trump clearly leads the field in a potential field of 12 Republican candidates, snagging 48% support from Republican primary voters as opposed to 24% for the runner-up and Florida governor Ron DeSantis, the survey found.
The results were based on a poll of 600 likely Republican primary voters conducted between April 11 and 17.
Former Governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley is third with 5% support, followed by 3% for Senator Tim Scott and 2% for entrepreneurs Vivek Ramaswamy. All three have announced their candidacy for the presidency. The remaining candidates each received less than 1% of the votes. About 13% of those surveyed indicated that they were still undecided.
In a head-to-head match between Trump and DeSantis, the former president leads with 51% voter support versus the latter’s 38%. This marks a reversal from December, when the Florida governor held a 14-point lead over Trump.
Is DeSantis losing ground? With the first primary more than eight months away, DeSantis has left Trump significant ground, largely due to the former’s unwillingness to engage in Trump’s antics and fear of alienating Trump supporters, the Wall Street Journal noted . The publication reported that several members of the US House of Representatives from Florida recently overlooked DeSantis and instead supported Trump. The governor of Florida also received flak for describing the war in Ukraine as a territorial dispute.
Trump, on the other hand, has increased his criticism of DeSantis. GOP voters have also rallied around the former president after criminal charges were filed against him.
When asked to vote between Trump and DeSantis on specific characteristics, GOP primary voters who…
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