DeSantis eats further into Trump’s lead in the polls – amid the fallout from his dinner with Kanye and Nick Fuentes and midterms blame game: Former president’s approval rating drops among Republicans in dire sign for 2024 primary matchup
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has further eaten into former President Donald Trump’s longtime lead in 2024 presidential opinion polls
- A Yahoo News/YouGov poll conducted from December 1 through 5 shows Trump receiving 35 percent support from Republicans and GOP-leaning independents
- DeSantis is just five points behind at 30 percent
- When the narrower group of registered voters was asked, DeSantis was just two points behind, with Trump at 35 percent and DeSantis at 33 percent support
- The poll found that the percentage of Republicans who hold a ‘very favorable’ view of the ex-president dipped 12 points – from 54 percent in June to 42 percent
