If I was on DeSantis' campaign team, now would be about the time I started really worrying.
It looks like Donald Trump has opened an extremely commanding lead in the Republican primaries with this latest polling from the Wall Street Journal, and his campaign is showing no signs of slowing.
The new survey finds that what was once a two-man race for the nomination has collapsed into a lopsided contest in which Trump, for now, has no formidable challenger. The former president is the top choice of 59% of GOP primary voters, up 11 percentage points since April, when the Journal tested a slightly different field of potential and declared candidates.
That's right. NO ONE is seriously challenging Donald Trump at this point in the contest. It's not like 2016, when Trump was able to win a crowded field with 30% or so of the vote. No, in 2024 it's double that.
59% of likely Republican primary voters favor Donald Trump, as legal woes continue to pile up against the former president.
The people are rallying to the leader who they feel is being unjustly persecuted, and the numbers reflect that:
Asked about the indictments of Trump, more than 60% of Republican primary voters said each was politically motivated and without merit. Some 78% said Trump's actions after the 2020 election were legitimate efforts to ensure an accurate vote, while 16% said Trump had illegally tried to block Congress from certifying an election he had lost. About half, or 48%, said the indictments made them more likely to vote for Trump in 2024, while 16% said they made them less likely to support him for a second term.
The more they go after Trump, the more Republicans flock to his side.
At one time, it was assumed that Ron DeSantis, with his success in Florida, would be able to seriously challenge Trump. But that's looking more doubtful by the day.
Trump's lead over his top rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, has nearly doubled since April to 46 percentage points. At 13% support, DeSantis is barely ahead of the rest of the field, none of whom has broken out of single-digit support.
It looks like the race might be Trump's to lose.
The first primary is still several months away, but I'm not sure what Trump could do to lose his supporters at this point.
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