Former President Donald Trump is far ahead of potential rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, according to the latest poll from Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll.
The survey, exclusively shared with The Hill, found that just under half of Republicans would back Trump in the next presidential election.
- Trump: 48%.
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis: 28%.
- Former Vice President Mike Pence: 7%.
- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.: 3%.
- Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley: 3%.
In a head-to-head matchup between Trump and DeSantis, Trump leads with just over half the vote.
- 55% would back Trump.
- 45% would support DeSantis.
"Trump has strengthened somewhat but Ron DeSantis continues to strengthen as well," Mark Penn, the co-director of the poll, told the Hill. "Trump is ahead but already has every vote he can get — DeSantis is the candidate of potential."
Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll surveyed 2,050 registered voters across the country from Jan. 18-19 with no margin of error given.
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