Over one-quarter of Republican voters – 27 percent – will not consider voting for Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis in the upcoming Republican presidential nomination race. Comparably, just 14 percent of Republican voters say they would not consider supporting Donald J. Trump.
The data comes from CBS and YouGov, and sampled a hefty 2,480 U.S. adults between June 7-10th, with a 2.7 percent margin of error.
Though considered by many to be Trump’s toughest opponent, Trump and DeSantis are almost as far apart from each other as DeSantis and Senator Tim Scott, who is polling third, 15 points behind DeSantis, with 42 percent of Republican voters unwilling to consider him.
Indeed, DeSantis’s campaign has hitherto failed to get off the ground. Florida’s governor is yet to see his net approval rating increase since he declared his candidacy in the race.
Other Republican hopefuls lag far behind. In fourth is Vivek Ramaswamy, with 56 percent refusing to consider him, Nikki Haley at 57 percent, former Vice-President Mike Pence at 60 percent, Asa Hutchinson at 73 percent, Doug Burgum at 73 percent, and Chris Christie at 79 percent.
The full results can be read here.