Former President Donald Trump has been leading the 2024 Republican presidential race for months, one of the most consistent trends of the past year as the Iowa caucuses fast approach.
Morning Consult, the Messenger-HarrisX, CNN, CBS News, and Tipp-Insights are among the recent national polls that show Trump with 60% of the vote or better. Trump is at 58.5%, good for a 44.1-point lead over his next nearest competitor, according to the RealClearPolitics average.
Most of the other candidates are in the single digits. All are below 20%. Some are starting to drop out. Of the five candidates other than Trump who qualified for the third Republican presidential debate, four were still running a week later. Former Vice President Mike Pence didn’t make it that far.
