DeSantis +2 Over Trump In 2024 Head-To-Head Poll

Playbook reports:

A new national University of Massachusetts Amherst poll shows DeSantis and former President Donald Trump locked in a tight battle for the Republican presidential nomination. In a one-on-one matchup, the poll found DeSantis edging Trump 51 percent to 49 percent, which is inside the poll’s margin of error.

When other Republican candidates are added, Trump leads the field with 37 percent, followed by DeSantis at 34 percent. Pollsters said the poll found that older, wealthier and more educated Republicans preferred DeSantis over Trump.

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NEW @YouGov/ University of Massachusetts (B+) national Republican primary poll Jan 5-9:

Trump 37%
DeSantis 34%
Pence 7%
Haley/Cruz 3%
T. Scott/Abbott/Carlson/Cheney 2%
Pompeo/Youngkin/Hutchinson 1%
Hogan/Sununu 0%

2-way:
Trump 49%/DeSantis 51%

n=346 A, MOE +/- ~5%

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