During the last days of March, the governor of Florida, Ron de Santis, was 5% more popular in the state than former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race. The former has not yet announced his intentions, but is moving the country auscultating states of opinion and support.
According to a survey published by Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy, 44% of Republican voters polled said they backed DeSantis, while 39% favored Trump in Florida. Only 5% support other candidates. 12% have not yet decided.
According to the survey, DeSantis enjoys a higher level of recognition from his career as governor, which makes him a very familiar candidate for Republican voters, the Miami newspaper noted. Newspaper Las Americas.
The study of electoral preferences, which has a margin of error of 4%, has generated great expectations. Trump has been the favorite of Republican voters in recent polls and DeSantis has yet to formally announce his intention to run in the Republican primary.
Various political analysts have indicated that Trump and his allies have redoubled their efforts to attack DeSantis in recent weeks in order to weaken his position before the start of the electoral campaign.
But DeSantis’ approval as governor remains high. 59% of the country’s governors have recently indicated that they approve of his performance, while 39% disapprove.
This data is significant for DeSantis. He is 4 points higher in approval than before the 2022 midterm elections, in which he won a comfortable 19% victory over Democratic candidate Charlie Crist.
DeSantis also continues to be more popular than President Biden in Florida. According to the Mason-Dixon poll, only 35% of voters surveyed approve of Biden’s performance and 60% disapprove. This marks a 5 point drop from February 2022.
However, the electoral campaign has not yet formally started. Most likely, Trump and his allies will continue to intensify their attacks on DeSantis in the coming weeks.
