Florida Politics reports:
If Ron DeSantis wants to wrest front-runner status away from Donald Trump in the 2024 Republican presidential race, he’s going to have to resolve his trouble with female voters. That’s one takeaway from a new poll by The Economist and YouGov, which illustrates that DeSantis is dragging with women voters, and is stronger with men.
While DeSantis only trails Trump 48% to 26% with male voters, with Nikki Haley and Tim Scott each taking 4% for a distant third, he’s doing much worse with women. In this survey, 54% of female Republicans back Trump, with just 17% backing DeSantis. In third place with women voters: Mike Pence, who has 6% support.
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Poll: 5 in 6 GOP women don’t want @RonDeSantis to be President
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