Last month, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis launched a heavily hyped campaign 'reboot,' in hopes of saving his struggling bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
To put the governor's 11-point collapse in perspective, DeSantis was actually
. And while the governor's standing has steadily declined since then — a glitchy campaign announcement and a series of unforced errors haven't helped matters — he has nonetheless tended to place a clear second in soundings of the full GOP field for much of the year. Trump, meanwhile, is lapping the field at 52% — up from 48% previously, and statistically tied with his highest number to date. His 40-point lead over DeSantis is also a new record. No other GOP hopeful clears 5%, with South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott , former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley , former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Vice President Mike Pence continuing to languish in the low single digits.DeSantis’s free fall couldn’t come at a more pivotal moment.
The Yahoo News/YouGov survey makes it painfully clear that non-Trump Republicans have soured on the governor. One measure is how he performs in a hypothetical two-way matchup with Trump. Here, DeSantis has lost 10 points since last month, slipping from 33% to 23%, while Trump has gained 6, climbing from 54% to 60%.
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