{"id":2052726,"date":"2023-10-02T16:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T20:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-increases-lead-in-support-after-second-gop-presidential-debate-poll\/"},"modified":"2023-10-02T16:37:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T20:37:19","slug":"trump-increases-lead-in-support-after-second-gop-presidential-debate-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-increases-lead-in-support-after-second-gop-presidential-debate-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Trump&#8217;s support surges after second GOP debate."},"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\">16<\/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-increases-lead-in-support-after-second-gop-presidential-debate-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=2052726&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>Trump\u200b Solidifies Lead in Republican Primary<\/h2>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump\u200d has \u200dfurther solidified his lead in the Republican presidential\u2064 primary, following the\u200c second GOP debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute in Simi Valley, California.<\/p>\n<p>According to a recent survey by Morning \u2062Consult, <strong>63% of \u200dpotential Republican primary voters support Donald Trump for \u200bthe GOP\u2019s \u20642024 presidential nomination<\/strong>, up from 58% in the previous survey released on\u2062 Monday ahead \u2062of the latest primary debate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">In comparison, Florida Gov. \u2064Ron DeSantis, seen as Mr. Trump\u2019s biggest rival,\u200c saw his support dip \u200cfrom\u200d 15 percent to 12 percent after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/article\/transcript-of-second-gop-presidential-debate-5499583\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second debate<\/a>, though the Florida governor is still in second place.<\/div>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/9-5-million-watched-2nd-republican-presidential-debate-5500929?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>9.5 Million Watched 2nd\u200b Republican Presidential Debate<\/h3>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/29\/2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/9-5-million-watched-2nd-republican-presidential-debate-5500929?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/focus-group-republican-voters-react-to-2nd-presidential-primary-debate-5500575?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Focus Group: Republican Voters React to 2nd Presidential\u2064 Primary \u200dDebate<\/h3>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/28\/2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/focus-group-republican-voters-react-to-2nd-presidential-primary-debate-5500575?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">The survey, which polled 1,183 \u200bpotential GOP primary voters,\u2064 was conducted\u2063 on Sept. 28, one day after the second debate, which Trump didn\u2019t attend. \u2062Instead, he \u200dspent the debate night in battleground Michigan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-tells-detroit-autoworkers-that-bidens-ev-mandates-will-send-their-jobs-to-china-5499627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">delivering<\/a> a speech to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-woo-union-workers-as-party-grapples-with-bases-blue-collar-shift\/\" title=\"GOP seeks support from union workers amidst party's struggle with shifting blue-collar base.\">striking \u2062auto workers<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and former South\u2064 Carolina Governor Nikki \u200dHaley both\u200b lost 2 percentage points since the debate. Mr. Ramaswamy is at 9 percent and Ms. Haley is \u200dat 5 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Former Vice President Mike Pence \u200blost one\u2063 percentage\u2064 point and is \u200dat 5 percent. Meanwhile, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) \u2064did\u200d not see any change after the debate, remaining at 2 \u2062percent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis data reinforces \u2063our view that Trump \u200cis in the driver\u2019s seat of the Republican primary, and that Trump-less debates aren\u2019t having much of an\u2064 impact\u2062 on the other\u2064 candidates\u2019 national support, and may in fact be helping the former president,\u201d the \u200csurvey \u2064concludes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">In\u2064 August, Morning Consult found that the support for President\u200b Trump went <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-skipping-republican-debate-didnt-affect-his-support-according-to-poll-5480921\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unchanged<\/a> \u200b at 58 percent after he skipped the \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-free-gop-means-more-ramaswamy-trends-and-highlights-of-the-first-debate-5479871\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first GOP \u200bpresidential debate<\/a> in Milwaukee. Instead of attending the debate, \u2064the former \u2064president aired\u200d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-addresses-risk-of-american-civil-war-5479666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-brian-stelter-cuts-off-bari-weiss-asks-whos-stopping-the-conversation\/\" title=\"WATCH: Brian Stelter Cuts Off Bari Weiss, Asks \u2018Who\u2019s Stopping The Conversation?\u2019\">pre-recorded interview<\/a><\/a> he did with former Fox\u2062 News host Tucker Carlson.<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">The second debate, which was aired on Fox News Channel and Fox Business, drew <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/9-5-million-watched-2nd-republican-presidential-debate-5500929\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3.5 million fewer viewers<\/a> than the first \u2064debate.<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">Even with \u200dthe absence of President Trump, the seven GOP presidential contenders did not make a\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/gop-candidates-fail-to-make-breakthrough-at-trump-less-debate-5499608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breakthrough<\/a> in the second debate, as they argued over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/gop-candidates-fail-to-make-breakthrough-at-trump-less-debate-5499608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">topics<\/a> including China, the border crisis, crime, fentanyl, and education.<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>(L\u2013R) North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, former New Jersey \u2062Gov. Chris Christie, \u2062former South Carolina Gov. and U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, South\u2064 Carolina\u2063 Sen. Tim Scott, and former Vice President Mike Pence at the second Republican presidential \u2063primary debate at\u2062 the Ronald Reagan Presidential \u200cLibrary in Simi Valley, Calif. on Sept. 27, 2023. (Pedro Ugarte\u2063 \/AFP\u2064 via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>2024 Race<\/h2>\n<p>Another poll found President \u200dTrump\u2019s popularity has not been affected by his absence in the second debate. The Messenger\/Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/themessenger.com\/politics\/poll-trump-maintains-commanding-lead-after-second-gop-debate-exclusive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a>, which inquired\u2063 1,615 registered\u2063 voters from Sept. \u200d28 \u200bto Sept. \u200d29, found\u2062 that 26 percent \u200dof respondents said \u200cthey were more likely to vote\u2063 for Mr. \u2063Trump following the second date. \u2064Mr. DeSantis\u200b and \u200cMs. \u2062Haley finished \u200ctied in second place with 21\u2062 percent.<\/div>\n<p>Mr. Ramaswamy finished third\u2063 with 18 percent \u2064saying they were more likely to support \u2062him, ahead of \u2063Mr.\u2063 Pence with\u2062 16 percent, former\u200b New Jersey\u2063 Gov. Chris Christie with 15 percent, and\u2064 Mr. Scott with 14 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Following the\u200b second debate, Chris LaCivita, a senior \u2064adviser\u2064 to President Trump\u2019s 2024\u2064 campaign, urged the\u200b Republican \u2062National Committee (RNC) to cancel \u200cfuture debates.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\u201cTonight\u2019s GOP debate was as boring\u2063 and inconsequential as\u2062 the first debate, and\u2064 nothing that was said\u2064 will change the dynamics of the primary contest being \u200cdominated by President Trump,\u201d Mr.\u2062 LaCivita <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realLizUSA\/status\/1707228473645797496\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> on Sept. 27.<\/div>\n<p>Mr. LaCivita added, \u201cThe RNC should immediately\u2062 put an \u200bend \u2064to any further primary debates so we can train our fire on Crooked Joe Biden and quit wasting \u2062time and \u200dmoney that could be going \u2063to evicting Biden from the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">According \u2064to\u200d Mr. LaCivita, Mr. Trump \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-will-not-attend-any-future-gop-presidential-debates-campaign-confirms-5500076\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has no plans<\/a> \u2064to attend future GOP presidential debates, after \u200dskipping the first two. The third debate is set\u2062 to take place\u200b in Miami on Nov. \u20638.<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">The former president is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realLizUSA\/status\/1706702189438066894\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scheduled<\/a> \u2063 to host the\u2064 Iowa Commit to Caucus \u200bevent\u200d in Ottumwa, Iowa, on Oct.\u2062 1.<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\u201cJust landed in the Great State of\u200b Iowa,\u201d President Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/111158412421606805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> on\u200c his Truth Social account on early Sunday. \u201cRemember, I \u2064got\u2064 the farmers 28 \u2064Billion Dollars \u200bfrom China. Nobody else would have\u200b even thought of doing\u200b that, and if they \u2063did, wouldn\u2019t have been able to get it\u200c done!\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">The former president was\u200b also in Iowa on Sept. 20, when he\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-says-if-reelected-he-will-send-troops-to-southern-border-5496689\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> supporters in Dubuque that he would use troops to\u200c secure the southern border if reelected.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200d Which potential candidates\u2064 experienced changes in their support levels following \u2063the debate, and what were those \u200cchanges<\/h2>\n<p><span> <\/p>\n<p>The \u2064latest survey conducted by Morning Consult has revealed that Former President Donald Trump is solidifying his lead \u2062in\u2062 the Republican presidential primary. The survey shows\u2062 that 63%\u200c of potential Republican primary voters support Trump for the GOP&#8217;s 2024 presidential nomination, which is\u2064 an increase\u2064 from \u200c58% in \u200dthe\u2064 previous survey conducted before the \u200bsecond GOP debate. Trump&#8217;s popularity continues to\u200c grow, further establishing his position as the frontrunner in the Republican primary.<\/p>\n<p>In comparison, Florida\u2063 Governor Ron DeSantis, who is considered Trump&#8217;s biggest rival, has seen a \u200bslight decline \u2063in support. His numbers dropped from 15% to\u2063 12% after the second debate, but he still remains \u200bin second place among potential Republican voters.<\/p>\n<p>The survey, which polled \u20641,183 potential GOP primary voters, was conducted on September 28th,\u2064 the day after the second debate. Interestingly, Trump\u2063 chose not to attend the debate, instead opting to spend the evening in battleground Michigan.\u2064 He delivered a speech to striking auto workers, expressing his concerns\u2062 about Biden&#8217;s electric\u200c vehicle mandates potentially affecting American jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-increases-lead-in-support-after-second-gop-presidential-debate-poll\/\" title=\"Poll: Trump's support surges after second GOP debate.\">potential candidates experienced minor<\/a> changes in their support levels following the debate. Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley \u200bboth lost 2 percentage \u2064points and currently stand \u2064at 9% and 5%, respectively. Former Vice President Mike Pence \u200balso lost one percentage point and is now at 5%. On the other hand, Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) did not see any change in his support and\u200d remains at 2%.<\/p>\n<p>As the Republican primary continues to unfold, it \u200bis clear that Donald Trump has a strong support base within the party. Despite not participating in the second debate, \u200chis numbers have only grown\u200b stronger, solidifying his position as the frontrunner. \u200bIt will be interesting to see how the race unfolds and if any challengers are able to gain momentum against the popular former president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the second GOP debate. Trump&#8217;s popularity among potential Republican primary voters has increased to 63% for the 2024 presidential nomination, surpassing the previous 58% recorded in our earlier survey. This solidifies his lead in the race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":2052727,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2052726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2052726","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\/252"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2052726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2052727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2052726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2052726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2052726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}