Trump Trails Potential 2024 Primary Challenger by Double Digits: Poll

If former President Donald Trump announced his 2024 White House bid in an attempt to rally support, it does not appear to be working for him.

A USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll released on Tuesday morning spells some bad news for Trump’s third presidential run.

The survey found Republican voters say they want his policies but a different leader by a 2-to-1 margin.

Thirty-one percent said they want Trump to run again, while 61% want someone else.

And respondents listed an alternative they would prefer over the former president — by a double-digit margin.

Fifty-six percent of voters said they would like Florida Gov. 👤Ron Desantis (R) to be the Republican nominee in 2024. Meanwhile, 33% said the same about Trump.

David Paleologos, the director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center, said, “Republicans and conservative independents increasingly want Trumpism without Trump.”

The poll also found Republican support for a third Trump run has waned over the year. In July, 60% of Republicans wanted him to run again. In October, the number was down to 56%. And in the latest poll, the number dropped to 47%.

And in what could be an early warning sign for the 45th president, the poll found President Joe Biden leading him in a hypothetical rematch 47% to 40%.