New Poll Has Trump Leading DeSantis By a YUGE Margin!

A potential indictment isn’t good for most politicians’ poll numbers — but Donald Trump isn’t most politicians.

The former president, 76, has surged to a 30-percentage-point lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis among Republican primary voters nationwide, according to a Fox News survey released Wednesday night.

Trump has the backing of 54% of those surveyed compared to 24% for DeSantis — double the margin the 45th president enjoyed last month, when he led DeSantis by 43% to 28%.

No other Republican cracked double digits in the poll, with former Vice President Mike Pence coming in third with 6% support and former Rep. Liz Cheney and ex-South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley each receiving 3%.

The poll was conducted after Trump claimed in a posting to his 5 million followers on Truth Social that he would be arrested by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in connection with a $130,000 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in the weeks before the 2016 election.

“THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!” Trump said in an all-caps message on March 18.

That Tuesday came and went without Trump being indicted, and the Manhattan grand jury has plans to recess for the next month, leaving the possibility of charges up in the air.​... (Read more)

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