donald trump has a wide lead in the presidential nomination of the Republican Party in the 2024 elections, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center.
Trump leads the Republican field
A new Pew Research Center survey, conducted Nov. 27 through Jan. 3, 2023, found that among 5,203 adults, including 1,901 Republican and Republican-leaning registered voters, Trump has a substantial lead over his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination.
About half of Republican voters (52%) name Trump as their first choice for nomination in response to an open question.
Much smaller parts They name DeSantis (14%), Haley (11%), Vivek Ramaswamy (3%) or Chris Christie (1%) as his first choice for the party nomination. No other candidate is mentioned by at least 1% of Republican voters.
Nearly two in ten Republican voters (18%) say they are undecided and refuse to answer or name anyone else.
What Republican voters expect from their candidates
Trump supporters are notable for their desire to have a presidential candidate who strongly push the policies that Republican voters want, even if that makes it much more difficult to achieve some things in governing the country.
About 6 in 10 Trump supporters (63%) say they It is more important for a Republican candidate to focus on driving policies that voters want, if elected, while 36% say it is more important for their party’s candidate to focus on finding common ground with Democrats.
Overall, Republican and Republican-leaning registered voters are fairly evenly divided on this issue, as are the 14% of Republican voters who back Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
By comparison, the 11% majority of Republican voters who support former ambassador and former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley for the nomination say it is more important to focus on finding common ground with Democrats.
What the survey findings show
President Biden’s job approval rating remains low. One-third of Americans approve of Biden’s handling of his job as president, while 64% disapprove. The percentage approving of Biden’s performance has dropped 5 percentage points since January 2023.
Biden’s rating is particularly low among Democrats and their supporters this year. While 61% of Democrats approve of his job performance, that reflects a 9-point drop since January.
By a margin of five points, it is considered that the Republican Party is better able to effectively manage the federal government. Democrats have advantages in several other traits.
The Democratic Party has double-digit advantages in being seen as willing to work with the other party’s leaders and try to unite the country. He has minor advantages in governing ethically and honestly, having effective leadership in Congress, and caring about the needs of middle-class people. A substantial proportion of Americans does not see differences between the parties in each of the traits included in the survey.
Opinions on the Republican primaries and the campaign so far:
- A majority of Republican voters (66%) say the Republican primary will not be close.
- About two-thirds of Republican voters (68%) say their party’s caucuses and primaries will do a good job of selecting the best candidate for the general election, while 31% say they will do a poor job. Trump supporters are particularly likely to say the primary process will do a good job of selecting the candidate.
- 54% of Republican voters rate the Republican field as excellent (9%) or good (45%).
Approximately three-quarters of Americans (74%) have an unfavorable view of Congresswhile 23% have a favorable opinion.
Congress has been viewed unfavorably by most of the public in recent years. And while these opinions remain relatively unchanged since July, Congressional favorability ratings are some of the most negative observed in almost four decades of public opinion surveys.
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