Wed Jan 25, 2023 – 6:01 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) – Former President Donald Trump retains a claim to the title of frontrunner in the Republican primary for the 2024 presidential nomination, according to recent national polls.
Trump leads the field of potential GOP competitors with 49% of the vote according to Morning Consult’s January 24 poll, 59% according to Premise Consulting’s January 23 poll, and 55% according to Emerson College’s January poll. He currently averages 46.4% in the polls according to RealClearPolitics.
Those same polls place his closest presumptive competitor, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, at 30%, 24%, and 29%, respectively. DeSantis averages 30.8% according to RCP. Trump tops DeSantis in all nine of the latest national head-to-head polls between the two men currently listed by FiveThirtyEight,
When it comes to who voters would choose today in a direct contest against President Joe Biden, however, the situation is more complicated.
Morning Consult shows Biden defeating Trump 44% to 41% but losing to DeSantis 41% to 43%. Premise has Biden defeating Trump 52% to 48% (without publicizing how DeSantis would fare). Emerson has Trump defeating Biden 44% to 41%, while Biden leads DeSantis 40% to 39%. RCP’s
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