BOCA RATON, Fla. — Former President Donald Trump has a big lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis among Republican primary voters in the Sunshine State in a newly released Florida Atlantic University Mainstreet PolCom Lab poll.
The survey of 933 Florida voters found that 50% of Republican voters support Trump, while 30% support DeSantis.
"The poll highlights Donald Trump's quite durable support. He does especially well with white working-class voters, who have consistently formed a steadfast base for the former president," said Dr. Kevin Wagner, a professor of political science at FAU. "This persistent support continues to bolster Trump's strong and steady position within the party."
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The poll also found that 1 in 5 Republicans voters said supporting a candidate other than Trump in the primaries would be disloyal.
The survey did, however, show that 54% of Floridians "strongly" or "somewhat" approve of the job DeSantis is doing as governor.
The FAU poll, conducted from June 27 to July 1, has a margin of error of +/- 3.2 percentage points.