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According to a new USA Today/Suffolk University poll, Republican voters prefer Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over Trump by double-digit margins.

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More than half of GOP voters prefer DeSantis over Trump for president in 2024, while more than half of Republicans want the former president to run for a third time, according to a new poll.

Since the last USA Today/Suffolk University poll in October, support for Trump has fallen dramatically.

The poll found that Trump's favorability rating among Republicans has plummeted.

In a hypothetical match-up, Trump would trail President Joe Biden by 45% to 45% among all voters, but Biden would trail by 42% to 42% among voters.

The poll of 1,000 registered voters was taken from Wednesday to Sunday and has a margin of error of 3 points.

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A majority of 40%. According to FiveThirtyEight's poll tracker, support for the former president has fallen over the last few months.

Key Background

Some of his one-time allies have distanced themselves from the former president after he announced he was running for president for a third time. Prominent GOP members, including former House Speaker Paul Ryan, have blamed Trump for the party's worse than expected performance during the election. After hosting a white supremacist and a rapper for dinner at Mar-A-Lago, Trump was criticized by Republicans for suggesting parts of the constitution should be abolished. His legal troubles are getting worse. A jury found the Trump Organization guilty of tax fraud. According to reports, the Manhattan District Attorney's office is looking into Trump's payments to Stormy Daniels in order to keep her quiet about their alleged affair. Trump is being investigated by the Justice Department for his handling of classified documents and his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

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