Trump is double-digits ahead of Ron DeSantis NBC’s first national 2024 poll shows

Donald Trump leads Ron DeSantis by 15 percentage points, according to NBC News’ first national 2024 primary poll.

However, the double-digit primary lead was overshadowed by poll results showing that only 6 percent of Americans would like to see a 2020 rematch between Trump and President Joe Biden.

And the president is reportedly ready for a soft launch of his 2024 re-election campaign on Tuesday.

trump card, In an NBC News poll, He received the support of 46 percent of Republican primary voters, compared to DeSantis’ 31 percent. The Florida governor has not yet announced a bid for the White House, but he is largely seen as the only potential candidate who could give Trump a good fight.

DeSantis has been closing in the polls on Trump — even beating him in a few — but the recent indictment against the former president in the Stormy Daniels hush-money payment case has cemented his standing with Republicans.

Seventy percent of GOP respondents to NBC’s poll said they feel it’s important now to stick around Trump’s 2024 bid after the charges against him.

Some of Trump’s 2024 rivals have indicated that the charges and trial were a way for Democrats to secure his candidacy in 2024 because they believe he will lose the general election to Biden.

No other candidate, announced or otherwise, has been able to garner double-digit support among just 292 Republican voters polled.

Former Vice President Mike Pence came in third with just 6% of the vote.

Meanwhile, Nikki Haley, former South Carolina governor and Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, is tied for fourth with Sen. Tim Scott, who did not declare, and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who did. The three politicians received 3% support.

Longshot candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, a millionaire who made his fortune in biotechnology and asset management, is last with 2 percent.

Despite the lead in the polls over DeSantis, lines of attack against the governor are clearly not a winning strategy for the former president.

While Trump has made mocking his opponents and political rivals a signature of his campaign style, his jokes about DeSantis smashed with the audience at a local GOP dinner Friday in Lee County.

Normally, when Trump reserves his attacks on less popular Democrats or Republicans, he laughs and applauds wildly — but Florida Republicans don’t take much fun when their beloved governor is the butt of the joke.

“In Florida, you got 1.2 million more votes than your successful governor’s campaign,” Trump said during the Lincoln Reagan dinner on Friday. ‘do you know that. We got 1.2 million.

He then used his voice to mock DeSantis and play the governor asking him for help during the 2018 gubernatorial race in the Sunshine State. ”Sir, I would like to have your support, sir. I would love to have your support. I’m down at about three. I would like to have your support.

Trump dropped the offer and said, “Then there was like, rocket ship after I gave it away. Otherwise, right now, you’ll have a lawyer somewhere looking for work.

After Trump’s attack on DeSantis, there were a few awkward laughs in the still room, prompting him to add, “If that.”

DeSantis hasn’t announced a bid yet, but he’s taking all the traditional steps toward running — including crossing the country to key states for a presidential candidate.

Of those polled, 70% don’t think Biden should run for re-election, while 60% said Trump shouldn’t make a third bid for the White House.

The Washington Post reported that when Biden returned from his trip to Ireland, he met with a videographer in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, to record the campaign’s launch video, which is set to be released this week.