New Polls Suggest DeSantis Is Starting To Steamroll Trump’s Second-Term Ambitions

The favorable views of Mr. Trump are the lowest recorded by the Journal since November of last year, and have been declining since the GOP’s dismal showing during last month’s midterm elections.

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Florida's Governor DeSantis arrives for a news conference at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park December 1. AP/Lynne Sladky

A pair of polls out this week suggest that early in the 2024 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, a man who hasn’t even said whether he is running or not is ahead of the guy who already announced that he is with great fanfare.

The guy said to be still on the fence is Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis. The other is a man considered until very recently to be a shoo-in for the nomination, President Trump.

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