Poll shows Trump has the most support in a crowded GOP presidential primary: 'He loves a fight'

A new national poll indicates that a plurality of Republican voters still support former President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, outperforming Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, if the GOP 2024 primary race includes multiple candidates.
 

Forty-five percent of Republican and Republican-leaning Independent voters questioned in an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist national poll released Thursday said they'd support Trump for the GOP nomination in a multi-candidate field, while 33% favored DeSantis, 8% backed former Vice President Mike Pence and 11% supported other potential candidates.

The findings add context to a Wall Street Journal poll released Wednesday that indicated DeSantis polling ahead of Trump in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup for the 2024 GOP nomination. That national survey also showed that Republican primary voters could hold a slightly more favorable opinion of DeSantis than Trump.