Governor Ron DeSantis, considered a rising star of the Republican Party, is far ahead of former President Donald Trump in the vote for the Republican Party’s nomination in the primary elections of the political formation, reports EFE agency, quoted by Agerpres.

A survey conducted by USA Today and Suffolk University confirms that Trump’s popularity among voters and supporters of the Republican Party is in free fall, which cannot be said about the policies that the American tycoon has implemented during his term of office (2017-2021).

31% of Republicans polled, voters or sympathizers, agree with former President Trump’s filing for the 2024 GOP nomination, otherwise the only one officially announced so far, but 61% would prefer another. candidate to continue Trump’s policies.

Among possible Republican candidates, the Florida governor is the favorite, with 56% of those polled supporting him, compared to 33% for Trump, a 23 percentage point difference in favor of Ron DeSantis.

Trumpism without Donald Trump?

“Republicans and independent conservatives increasingly want a Trumpism without Trump,” David Paleologos, director of Suffolk University’s Center for Policy Studies, told USA Today.

The poll was conducted last week with two samples: one of 1,000 registered voters by phone, mobile and landline with a margin of error of plus/minus 3.1 percentage points, and the second of 374 Republicans or conservative-leaning independent voters, with a margin of error of plus/minus minus 5.1 percentage points.

In the case of the first sample, Biden, who has not yet officially announced whether he will run again but has said he wants to, is ahead of Trump with 47 percent of the vote, compared to Trump’s 40 percent for the 2024 presidential election.

However, if it were a matchup between Biden and DeSantis, the incumbent would lose the election by four percentage points (Biden’s 43% vs. DeSantis’ 47%).