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Trump holds comfortable lead over DeSantis in 2024 primary poll

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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDonald Trump still holds a comfortable lead over Ron DeSantis in the first major post-midterms poll of the hypothetical 2024 Republican primary field, but don’t count the Florida governor out yet.The ex-president led his opponent by 30 points in an Emerson College survey of likely GOP primary voters released on Tuesday. Mr DeSantis was supported by 25 per cent of respondents to Mr Trump’s 55 per cent, a sign of both the ex-president’s continued political strength as well as the rapidly growing star power of the Florida governor in GOP circles.It’s a significant poll because it comes in the midst of a wave of attacks aimed at the former president from the anti-Trump wing of the GOP. Furious over a lacklustre midterm showing that saw the party fail to take the Senate and carve out only a razor-thin majority in the House, conservative elites as well as elections experts are blaming Republicans’ bad night on hardline conservative candidates who ran as Trump loyalists.Mr Trump celebrated …
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