Supporters of former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley (Republican) are more likely to vote for President Joe Biden (Republican) than former President Donald Trump (Republican) across party lines, according to a new report. It was revealed. des moines register/NBC News/Mediacom Iowa Poll.
The poll, which surveyed people likely to attend the Iowa Republican caucuses, found that 43% of Haley supporters said they would vote for Biden if Trump secured the Republican presidential nomination. answered. Only 23% of Haley supporters said they would vote for Trump if she were the Republican nominee, 8% said they would support independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 19% of respondents said they would support a third-party candidate.
Fifty-four percent of Haley's supporters say it will be nearly impossible for Trump to secure a victory over Biden.
said pollster J. Ann Seltzer. NBC News“Ms. Haley is solidifying the anti-Trump vote. She does well with people who identify as anti-Trump.”
Of the 705 Republicans surveyed, 71% said they would support Trump if they were the Republican nominee, 11% would support Biden, 6% would support Kennedy, and 8% would support another third-party candidate. I replied that I would vote for.
Furthermore, 74% of Republicans surveyed are confident that Trump can defeat Biden. Trump supporters overwhelmingly said they believed the former president could beat Biden in the election.
Rose Janssen, 69, a Waterloo state minister and Trump campaign caucus captain, told the Des Moines Register that the legal attacks on Trump have only emboldened his supporters.
“I believe [the legal issues are] We want to support his campaign because we are angry,” Janssen said. “This makes us even more desperate to remove Democrats from power.”
According to the poll, 56% of Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' supporters believe Trump has a chance of defeating Biden, while 36% think it is nearly impossible for Trump to win. There is. Among DeSantis supporters surveyed, 64% said they would vote for Trump against Biden, 5% said they would support Biden, 9% said they would support Kennedy, and 12% said they would support another third-party candidate. Ta.
Opinion polls show Trump as the clear Republican front-runner in Iowa with 48% of the vote, followed by Haley in second place with 20% and DeSantis in third with 16%. Vivek Ramaswamy and Asa Hutchinson followed with 8% and 1% respectively.
When asked about the poll results, DeSantis said: fox news sunday“Monday will be fine.”
“We have a lot of Iowans who have come out to caucus for us and are going to do it. They just roll their eyes at these polls because they're going to be able to vote in the caucuses. , let alone the idea that you could vote in a minus-20 caucus, so good luck,” he added.
Asked if he needed to come in second place in the Iowa caucuses, DeSantis said, “I'm grateful to be the underdog.”
Recent CBS News/YouGov pollconducted a survey of 2,870 people from January 10th to 12th and found that the top three Republican presidential candidates (Trump, Haley, and DeSantis) were all leading Biden. Became. In the virtual matchup, Haley won by a landslide of 8 points over Biden, DeSantis won by 3 points, and Trump by 2 points.
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