Donald Trump beat out Governor Ron DeSantis amongst major Republican voters in a poll released Tuesday that shows the previous president gained a surge in support over the weekend when he claimed he could be arrested by the Manhattan district attorney.
Trump leads DeSantis 54% to 26% because the governor of Florida, who has yet to formally announce his run for president in 2024 but is anticipated to be the lead candidate, saw his lowest level of support in the poll since last December. in line with a Morning Seek the advice of tracking survey.
It was conducted between Friday and Sunday, spanning two days as Trump began posting a series of messages on his Truth Social platform that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg would arrest him on Tuesday for a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in the weeks before 2016 elections
“A FAR LEADING REPUBLIC CANDIDATE AND FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY NEXT WEEK. PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION! Trump wrote a message to his supporters in capital letters on Saturday.
The previous president has not softened his attacks on Bragg, Michael Cohen – his former attorney and former “fixer” who has change into a critical witness, repeatedly testifying before a Manhattan grand jury investigating the payment – court system and Daniels.
Cohen paid Daniels $130,000 to stop her from going public before the election a few sexual encounter she allegedly had with Trump in 2006, which she denies.
The poll seems to point that Trump’s tirades concerning the investigation could also be paying off for the Make America Great Again crowd.
While DeSantis lags behind in the poll, Trump has been on the rise since his first posts.
On Friday, Trump led DeSantis from 51% to 29%.
On Saturday, the day of Trump’s first indictment tweets, Trump increased his result in 52% to twenty-eight%, then from 54% to 26% on Sunday.
DeSantis was the very best second alternative of Republican voters for president, defeating former Vice President Mike Pence 46% to 17%.
The remainder of the Republican field was far behind Trump and DeSantis.
Pence got here closest with 7%, followed by former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley with 4% and former Congresswoman Liz Cheney of Wyoming with 3%.
They were followed by many candidates in the 1% — including Texas Governor Greg Abbott, North Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Virginia Governor Glenn Younkin, South Carolina Senator Tim Scott and tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.
The poll gave DeSantis promising news, as 44% of Republican voters say they’ve seen, heard or read something positive about him, in comparison with 38% for Trump.
The previous president and his allies haven’t taken their foot off the gas since Trump began posting on Saturday.
He accused Bragg of “prosecution misconduct”, claimed he was the victim of a “Stormy ‘Horse Face’ Daniels” extortion plot, and urged his supporters nationwide to “protest, take our nation back” if arrested.