{"id":1986753,"date":"2023-07-31T12:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T16:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trounces-gop-field-but-half-of-supporters-are-willing-to-consider-others-poll\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T12:18:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T16:18:02","slug":"trump-trounces-gop-field-but-half-of-supporters-are-willing-to-consider-others-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trounces-gop-field-but-half-of-supporters-are-willing-to-consider-others-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Trump dominates GOP field, but half of supporters open to other candidates."},"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\">26<\/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-trounces-gop-field-but-half-of-supporters-are-willing-to-consider-others-poll%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=1986753&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 Dominates Republican Primary Poll<\/h2>\n<p>In\u2062 an exciting turn of events, former President Donald Trump has emerged as the clear frontrunner \u2062in a recent Republican presidential primary poll. With an impressive 54% of GOP primary voters supporting him, Trump has left his competitors in the dust.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Strong \u200bLead<\/h3>\n<p>The first New York Times\/Siena College poll of the 2024 campaign has revealed a Trump-dominated primary field. Governor Ron DeSantis,\u200d who was considered the\u200c biggest\u2064 threat to Trump, only managed\u2063 to\u2063 amass 17% of the support. \u200cOther candidates polled at a mere 3% or less\u200c among voters.<\/p>\n<p>Even more telling is the fact that 80% of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trounces-gop-field-but-half-of-supporters-are-willing-to-consider-others-poll\/\" title=\"Poll: Trump dominates GOP field, but half of supporters open to other candidates.\">primary voters expressed strong support<\/a> for their chosen candidate, with only 19% claiming their \u2064support was less\u2063 enthusiastic.<\/p>\n<h3>A Potential Opening for GOP Contenders<\/h3>\n<p>Despite \u200cTrump&#8217;s commanding lead, there \u2064may still be a glimmer\u200d of hope for GOP contenders. More than half of those\u200b supporting Trump \u200badmitted to considering other candidates, indicating that the former president is not their sole choice.<\/p>\n<p>In a head-to-head \u200cmatchup between Trump and DeSantis, Trump\u200d emerged as the preferred\u2062 candidate, with 62% of voters backing him compared to DeSantis&#8217; 31%.<\/p>\n<h3>New Charges and \u2062Increased Support<\/h3>\n<p>Last week, special \u200bcounsel Jack Smith filed three new charges against Trump in relation to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-could-be-on-bail-in-four-states-by-first-rnc-debate-chris-christie\/\" title=\"Chris Christie predicts Donald Trump may be on bail in four states before the first RNC debate.\">classified documents\u2062 found<\/a> at his Mar-a-Lago residence. The charges included an accusation of\u200c attempting to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-charged-with-3-more-crimes-in-classified-documents-case\/\" title=\"Trump faces three additional charges in the classified documents case.\">delete surveillance footage<\/a>. Surprisingly, news of these charges, along\u200d with a target letter \u2064regarding the investigation\u2064 into the Capitol riot and the 2020 election, actually boosted Trump&#8217;s support in the primary polls.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s\u2063 clear that the race \u2062for the Republican presidential nomination is heating up, and\u2063 Trump is leading the pack. Only time will tell if his\u2062 competitors can find a way to challenge\u2062 his dominance.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Click\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">here<\/a> to read more\u200d from The Washington Examiner.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump dominated the Republican primary poll, garnering over 50% support from voters. Meanwhile, special counsel Jack Smith included additional charges in his indictment against Trump, relating to classified documents discovered at Mar-a-Lago. 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