Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is rebounding in the race for the White House after his strong performance in this week’s GOP debate, rising 8 points among Republicans in a new national poll.
An InsiderAdvantage poll of likely Republican primary and caucus voters found the Florida governor at 18% in the GOP presidential race — a sharp increase from the 10% he posted in the days leading up to Wednesday’s first debate.
Another debate winner was Nikki Haley, the poll showed, who more than doubled her support – from 5% to 11% – on her strong performance, while biotech billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy remained at 7%.
“DeSantis performed well in the debates and I think at times looked like the most presidential candidate on stage,” said political consultant Ryan Girdusky. “The biggest issues Republican voters are thinking about this cycle are crime, immigration, and the economy and on all three issues, DeSantis is faring better than anyone else in the field.”
Former President Donald Trump, with 45% support, remains ahead of the pack, a post-debate poll of 850 GOP voters found.
But that was a 6-point drop in the lead, as some Republicans criticized Trump for not showing up for the debate — and as he became the first US president in history to receive a handshake. The poll, released on Friday, has a margin of error of 3%.
Former president Donald Trump leads the GOP field by a wide margin in facing four criminal charges.Getty Images
Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina and Trump’s UN ambassador, more than doubled her support after a strong debate performance.AP
Trump on Saturday ignored those polls in favor of a different poll.
“Oh no, I’m leading by 6, 7, and 8 in various Polls on Crooked Joe Biden,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, regarding the results of a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. “That almost warrants another Indictment!”
The poll of 1,004 adults found Trump with 38% to Biden’s 32% in a hypothetical general election rematch — with 30% refusing to support either of the well-known candidates. The poll has a credibility interval of 6%.
A smaller Reuters/Ipsos poll of 347 Republicans gave Trump a 52%-13% lead over DeSantis, his closest rival in the GOP primary race, with all other candidates in the single digits. A third post-debate poll from Morning Consult found a larger 58%-14% lead for Trump.
About 250 voters turned out to see Vivek Ramaswamy in Winterset, Iowa, his campaign said Saturday.ZUMAPRESS.com
DeSantis and Ramaswamy — who led The Post poll as the best-performing candidate in Wednesday’s debate — were both in Iowa Saturday to meet voters and await their endorsements in January’s all-important Iowa caucuses.
First-time candidate Ramaswamy, 38, told the packed VFW hall in Winterset, Iowa that Trump had been “tricked” into undermining the federal government’s payroll during his single term in office.
“Give my predecessor Trump credit for giving us that Supreme Court,” Ramaswamy said in front of a crowd of about 250, according to his campaign. “It is my duty to act upon a stronger power, not to be deceived.”
DeSantis, 44, avoided any mention of Trump when he spoke in Algona, Iowa, but slammed Joe Biden for presiding over an “America in decline” – particularly his disastrous handling of the crisis on the US-Mexico border.
“These elites … they don’t want to deal with what’s going on at the border,” DeSantis said
“What Texas has done, by sending so many people to Manhattan and other parts of New York City, it’s been very effective,” he said. “You now have the mayor of New York City saying Biden needs to do something about the border.”
“This election needs to be focused on holding Joe Biden accountable,” DeSantis said.
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