{"id":1969435,"date":"2023-07-11T09:52:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T13:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-leads-pack-in-support-from-gop-county-leaders-for-2024-gop-nomination\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T09:53:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T13:53:01","slug":"trump-leads-pack-in-support-from-gop-county-leaders-for-2024-gop-nomination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-leads-pack-in-support-from-gop-county-leaders-for-2024-gop-nomination\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump is the top choice among GOP county leaders for the 2024 GOP nomination."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-leads-pack-in-support-from-gop-county-leaders-for-2024-gop-nomination%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1969435&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former President Donald Trump Leads Republican Presidential Candidates<\/h2>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump is currently leading the pack of Republican presidential candidates, garnering significant support from county GOP leaders. According to Politico, Trump has secured 29% of their support, while Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) follows with 13.7% and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-senate-majority-may-come-down-to-11-battleground-races\/\" title=\"Analysis: Senate Majority May Come Down to 11 Battleground Races\">candidates trail<\/a> behind with 10.7%. However, a substantial 46.6% of county GOP leaders remain undecided.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Survey Results<\/h3>\n<p>The survey, conducted by Seth Masket, the director of the Center on American Politics at the University of Denver, consisted of 133 respondents and took place in June. Since the previous survey in April, the number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-poll-shows-drive-to-recall-gov-newsom-gained-traction-in-past-2-weeks\/\" title=\"New Poll Shows Drive To Recall Gov. Newsom Gained Traction In Past 2 Weeks\">undecided voters<\/a> has dropped below 50%, indicating a shift in support. Both Trump and DeSantis have seen gains in their respective percentages.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Among the candidates being considered by county GOP leaders, DeSantis currently leads the pack with 61% support, although this is a slight decrease from his 67% in April. Trump follows closely behind with 53% support, while Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) has gained momentum with 46% support, marking a significant 19.4% increase since the previous survey.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Preferences for Nomination<\/h3>\n<p>When asked about their preferences for the nomination, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie emerges as the least favored candidate, with 57% of county GOP leaders expressing their opposition. Former Vice President Mike Pence follows with 42%. Notably, Trump&#8217;s numbers have seen the most significant jump in this statistic, with 38% of county GOP leaders stating they do not want him to win the nomination, compared to 29% in April.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the growing number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-radio-host-larry-elder-may-run-for-calif-governor\/\" title=\"Conservative radio host Larry Elder may run for Calif. governor\">declared candidates<\/a> in recent months, Trump has maintained a commanding lead over the GOP field. The RealClearPolitics polling average currently places Trump at the forefront with 53%, followed by DeSantis with 20.9%, and Pence with 6.1%.<\/p>\n<p>As the candidates continue their campaign efforts in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-former-trump-aide-sam-nunberg-trump-considering-2024-run-i-believe-that-he-will\/\" title=\"Exclusive -- Former Trump Aide Sam Nunberg: Trump 'Considering' 2024 Run, 'I Believe that He Will'\">early primary states<\/a> such as Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, the first Republican debate is scheduled for August 23 in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<p>While candidates strive to qualify for the debate, Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-leads-pack-in-support-from-gop-county-leaders-for-2024-gop-nomination\/\" title=\"Trump is the top choice among GOP county leaders for the 2024 GOP nomination.\">participation remains uncertain<\/a>. In contrast, DeSantis, Trump&#8217;s chief rival in the Republican field, has confirmed his intention to participate regardless of Trump&#8217;s presence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump is currently the frontrunner among Republican presidential candidates, with 29% support from county GOP leaders. Governor Ron DeSantis follows with 13.7% support, while other candidates have 10.7%. A significant 46.6% of leaders remain undecided, according to Politico. Additionally, the end of Trump&#8217;s wall by President Biden is causing concerns for border ranchers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1969436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1969435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1969435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1969436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1969435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1969435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1969435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}