Trump behind DeSantis in 2024 Republican Primary 

By Staff, Agencies  

A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll released Thursday revealed that former US President Donald Trump is 5 percentage points behind upstart Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

DeSantis, who was re-elected as Florida governor on November 8th by the largest margin of victory since 1982, has been floated as a potential challenger to the controversial Trump as a string of indictments and investigations shrouds his post-Presidential career.

A similar poll of Iowa Republicans released in late November also showed that Republican voters preferred DeSantis over Trump as their first-choice candidate by a margin of 32% to 30%, respectively. 

DeSantis also seems to have more support than Trump in a potential general election against Democratic incumbent Joe Biden – registered voters across the political spectrum who participated in the poll were split between the Florida governor and Biden at a figure of 44% each, whereas 45% of voters polled preferred Biden over Trump, who garnered 42%. 

No other Republican candidate reached more than 5% support for the candidacy, indicating the Republican primary will very much be a two-man race.