A new poll conducted for the Wall Street Journal by the polling firm run by Tony Fabrizio, the pollster for Donald Trump, finds Ron DeSantis leading Joe Biden by three points but Trump trailing Biden by three points:
🇺🇲 2024 Presidential Election Poll
(D) Biden: 48% (+3)
(R) Trump: 45%
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(R) DeSantis: 48% (+3)
(D) Biden: 45%Wall Street Journal | Apr 11-17 | 1,740 RV https://t.co/wliYl3FKrp pic.twitter.com/mh39jCu19G
— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) April 21, 2023
The good news for Trump is that the same poll finds Trump regaining his lead over DeSantis in a head-to-head GOP primary matchup. After the midterm elections, which saw DeSantis win by 19 points while many of Trump’s key picks crashed and burned, DeSantis had a 13-point lead over Trump in a head-to-head matchup. Those numbers have now flipped:
NEW WSJ Republican primary poll:
Trump 51
DeSantis 38IN DECEMBER 2022:
DeSantis 52
Trump 38https://t.co/ZLf1b7Elcr— Josh Kraushaar (@JoshKraushaar) April 21, 2023
The same poll finds that 51 percent of Republican primary voters would prioritize the electability of a GOP presidential candidate, while 44 percent would be most likely to vote for the candidate who “best represents” a voter’s values.