Republican voters view former President Donald Trump as the strongest candidate to challenge President Biden, a recent Monmouth University poll found.
Instagram/Donald Trumpprior to DeSantis formally jumping into the presidential race, found that a majority of Republican voters view Trump as the “strongest nominee” to go against Biden in 2024.
Notably, the survey also found that a sizable portion of those supporting another candidate at this point in time, 4 in 10, still viewing Trump as “either definitely or probably the strongest nominee the GOP can field.” Further, in an open-ended question which asked who they would like to see as the GOP nominee for president, 43 percent of GOP voters said they would like to see Trump as the nominee. The survey notes that the former president “now holds an advantage in practically every Republican voting bloc, with the noticeable exception of college graduates.” That is a stark change over the last three months, as DeSantis led among major groups mere months ago.
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