{"id":2016828,"date":"2023-08-30T13:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T17:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/latest-presidential-polls-trailing-candidates-get-slight-post-debate-boost-trump-still-dominates\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T13:50:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T17:50:45","slug":"latest-presidential-polls-trailing-candidates-get-slight-post-debate-boost-trump-still-dominates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/latest-presidential-polls-trailing-candidates-get-slight-post-debate-boost-trump-still-dominates\/","title":{"rendered":"New Polls: Debates Help Trailing Candidates, Trump Remains Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Flatest-presidential-polls-trailing-candidates-get-slight-post-debate-boost-trump-still-dominates%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=2016828&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>Republican Candidates Benefit from First Presidential Debate<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A few Republican candidates benefited\u2062 from the first presidential debate in\u200c the polls, but former President Donald Trump still holds a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/something-incredible-happened-outside-trump-tower-in-aftermath-of-mug-shot-release\/\" title=\"Incredible event unfolds outside Trump Tower after mug shot release.\">commanding 40-point lead<\/a> in the Real Clear Politics polling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2024\/president\/us\/2024_republican_presidential_nomination-7548.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">average<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>DeSantis \u2064and Haley See Boost in Polls<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Florida Governor\u2063 Ron DeSantis \u200band former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley got slight \u200dboosts \u2064in \u2063some polls\u200d following the debate. Haley appeared \u200cto \u200bbenefit\u2063 the most, \u200cjumping over former Vice President \u2064Mike Pence into fourth place in the \u200cpolling average. Trump\u2019s\u2063 polling average remained above 50% following the \u200cdebate that he opted to\u200b skip \u2063as the former president\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/latest-presidential-polls-trailing-candidates-get-slight-post-debate-boost-trump-still-dominates\/\" title=\"New Polls: Debates Help Trailing Candidates, Trump Remains Strong\">mugshot dominated news cycles immediately<\/a> after.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Current Polling Standings<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The \u200dRCP average as of Wednesday morning \u200bputs Trump in \u2062first place at 53.6%,\u2064 followed by DeSantis (13.5%), Vivek Ramaswamy (7.3%,) Haley (4.9%),\u2063 and Pence (4.6%). Republican candidates polling \u2063at \u2064the bottom of \u200bthe pack include former New Jersey \u200cGovernor Chris Christie (2.5%), South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott (2.4%),\u200c former Arkansas Governor\u200c Asa Hutchinson (0.4%), North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum (0.4%), \u2063and former \u200dTexas Rep.\u200b Will Hurd\u200d (0.3%).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Haley Makes Biggest Jump in Post-Debate Poll<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>An Emerson <a href=\"https:\/\/emersoncollegepolling.com\/august-2023-national-poll-trump-debate-snub-may-open-door-for-other-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a> \u2062 conducted in the days following the first GOP\u200d debate showed\u2063 Haley\u200b making the biggest\u2064 jump, from\u2063 2% \u200cin a \u2062poll taken a week before the debate to\u200b 7% in \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-post-debate-poll-shows-oz-breaking-away-with-nearly-3-point-lead-in-pennsylvania\/\" title=\"First Post-Debate Poll Shows Oz Breaking Away With Nearly 3-Point Lead In Pennsylvania\">post-debate poll<\/a>,\u2062 which surveyed \u20621,000 registered\u200b voters. Pence jumped from 3% to 7% in the poll, and \u2064DeSantis moved\u200d up from\u2062 10% in the pre-debate \u2064poll to 12%. Trump and\u200c Ramaswamy\u2063 both dropped \u2064in their polling after the \u2064debate, according to Emerson. The\u200d former \u200bpresident \u200bwent\u2064 from 56% to 50%, while Ramaswamy lost one percentage point,\u200d falling \u2062back into \u2064single digits at 9%.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Little Change \u2063in Latest Economist\/YouGov Poll<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The latest Economist\/YouGov\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.cdn.yougov.com\/eqlqwyoypg\/econTabReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a> taken after the debate showed that not \u2063much changed \u200bfor \u2062the candidates seeking \u200cto gain ground on Trump. DeSantis remained at 16%\u200b in the poll, which is where he stood \u200din the previous Economist\/YouGov survey \u200dtaken a\u2063 week\u200c before the debate. \u2064Ramaswamy \u200cgained two percentage points, moving \u200bfrom 4% to 6%, according\u2062 to the polls, and Haley inched\u200d from 3% to 4%. Trump dropped to 52%, according to\u2064 the poll, giving him a 36-point\u2063 lead over DeSantis nationally.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Debate Has Minimal Impact on \u2064Candidates \u200bin Morning Consult Poll<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A Morning Consult <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/2024-gop-primary-election-tracker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a> \u200calso found that the debate didn\u2019t change much for \u200cthe candidates\u2064 trailing Trump. The\u200b poll, which surveyed over 3,500\u200c \u201cpotential Republican primary voters,\u201d showed \u200dthat Haley and Scott\u2062 were the\u2062 only \u200ccandidates to get a slight bump.\u200d Haley went from 3% to \u20625% and Scott moved up from 2% to\u200d 3%. Trump (58%),\u200d DeSantis \u2064(14%), Ramaswamy (10%), and \u200dPence (6%) all remained the same before and after the debate.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Trump&#8217;s Arrest\u200c Dominates News Cycles<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The day after the\u2064 GOP \u200ddebate, which\u2063 garnered nearly 13 \u2062million viewers, Trump was arrested in Fulton County, Georgia, on a series of\u200b charges, \u200bincluding violating Georgia\u2019s RICO Act, \u2062conspiracy to commit forgery, and false statements and writings. Trump\u2019s mugshot taken at the jail quickly went \u200bviral on social media and was\u2064 plastered\u2062 across the country\u2019s newspapers and news \u2063websites. Trump\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-makes-statement-after-arrest-in-fulton-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> his arrest\u2063 in Georgia\u200b \u201ca\u200c very sad day for America.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhat\u200d has taken place here is a travesty of justice,\u201d Trump added. \u201cWe did \u2063nothing wrong. I did nothing wrong. And everybody knows that I\u2019ve never had such support.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from her strong performance, while DeSantis gained momentum due to his conservative stance. However, Trump&#8217;s dominance remains unchallenged, maintaining a significant lead in the polls, indicating his enduring popularity among Republican voters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2016829,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2016828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/2016828","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\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2016828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2016829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2016828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2016828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2016828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}