In an early look at the 2024 Republican presidential primary, 46 percent of Republican and Republican leaning voters support former President Donald Trump, who has declared his candidacy, and 32 percent support Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is seen as a potential candidate, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea- ack) University national poll released today. Former United Nations Ambassador and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley receives 5 percent. Of the remaining 12 listed declared or potential candidates, no one tops 3 percent of the vote. Trump has widened his lead over DeSantis. In Quinnipiac University’s February poll, Trump led DeSantis 42 – 36 percent.
In a head-to-head Republican primary matchup between the two leading Republican candidates, Trump receives 51 percent support and DeSantis receives 40 percent support.
Too many people seem to think that Trump is a totally spent force. But the truth is that he’s weakened for sure. But he’s far from being out of the game. This has happened since Trump came on the scene in 2015. I’m still not sure why people cannot accept that fact that a whole lot of people really love this cretin. Many more think he was a damned fine president despite the fact that he accomplished virtually nothing and his presidency was a non-stop trainwreck.
They just like him, no matter what he does. I realize that seems insane. But it’s the fact.
This is also an interesting finding:
Nearly two-thirds of Americans (65 percent) think Fox News should be held accountable after Fox Chairman Rupert Murdoch acknowledged in a deposition that a number of the network’s hosts spread false information about the 2020 presidential election being stolen from Donald Trump, while 26 percent think Fox News should not be held accountable. Murdoch’s deposition is part of a defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News, accusing the network of spreading false information about its voting machines.
Democrats (93 – 5 percent) and independents (67 – 25 percent) think Fox News should be held accountable. Among Republicans, 47 percent think Fox News should not be held accountable, while 41 percent think Fox News should be held accountable.
47 percent of Republicans believe Fox should not be held accountable for lying to them but I think I’m more shocked that 41 percent thinks it should be. How are Rupert and the boys parsing that?