Republican voters' support for Trump has dropped following his latest indictment, with DeSantis gaining more backing.
, who hadn't yet entered the race officially, but who had already emerged as the very clear No. 2 in the Republican race, trailed him with 21 percent of all votes. Roughly a month later, on May 15, Trump collected 49 percent of the vote, while DeSantis had 19 percent.Donald Trump delivers remarks on June 10, 2023, in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Trump, who announced his third bid for the presidency shortly after the November midterms last year, is still considered the GOP's leading candidate for the upcoming presidential election, and according to the Reuters/Ipsos poll still enjoys a 21 percentage-point lead over his closest rival, DeSantis.
While the data could be interpreted as proof that some Republican voters and Trump supporters are concerned about the latest indictment, the poll also shows that most remain loyal to the former president despite his legal battles., the Reuters/Ipsos survey shows that a majority of Republicans—83 percent—think that the case is politically motivated, a narrative that Trump has been feeding his supporters.
Trump is scheduled to appear in a Miami federal courthouse on Tuesday at 3 p.m. ET, where he's widely expected to plead not guilty, to then be released, and to make a speech later that evening. "I HOPE THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IS WATCHING WHAT THE RADICAL LEFT ARE DOING TO AMERICA," Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social, before departing from New Jersey on Tuesday.
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