Here are results from a USA Today / Suffolk University poll,
Republican support for Donald Trump's presidential bid in 2024 has cratered, an exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, as the former president is beleaguered by midterm losses and courtroom setbacks.
By 2-1, GOP and GOP-leaning voters now say they want Trump's policies but a different standard-bearer to carry them. While 31% want the former president to run, 61% prefer some other Republican nominee who would continue the policies Trump has pursued.
They have a name in mind: Two-thirds of Republicans and those inclined to vote Republican want Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president. By double digits, 56% to 33%, they prefer DeSantis over Trump.
"Republicans and conservative independents increasingly want Trumpism without Trump," said David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...l/10882346002/
DeSantis would not be one of my top picks, but he'd be a much stronger general election candidate than Trump.
Note from the link that Trump loses in a hypothetical match up with Biden by 7 percentage points. DeSantis wins by 4%. And the two other polls out there, also conducted by USA Today/Suffolk, both show DeSantis beating Biden by 8%:
https://www1.realclearpolitics.com/e...iden-7558.html