Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)
Former President Donald Trump has additional solidified his lead within the Republican presidential major, following the second GOP debate on the Ronald Reagan Presidential Basis and Institute in Simi Valley, California.
“63% of potential Republican major voters assist Donald Trump for the GOP’s 2024 presidential nomination, up from 58% in our survey launched Monday forward of the most recent major debate,” Morning Seek the advice of stated in its survey launched on Sept. 29.
Compared, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, seen as Mr. Trump’s greatest rival, noticed his assist dip from 15 % to 12 % after the second debate, although the Florida governor remains to be in second place.
[ZH: According to PredictIt, the figures look even worse for DeSantis…]
The survey, which polled 1,183 potential GOP major voters, was performed on Sept. 28, in the future after the second debate, which Trump didn’t attend. As an alternative, he spent the talk night time in battleground Michigan, delivering a speech to putting auto employees.
Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley each misplaced 2 proportion factors because the debate. Mr. Ramaswamy is at 9 % and Ms. Haley is at 5 %.
Former Vice President Mike Pence misplaced one proportion level and is at 5 %. In the meantime, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) didn’t see any change after the talk, remaining at 2 %.
“This knowledge reinforces our view that Trump is within the driver’s seat of the Republican major, and that Trump-less debates aren’t having a lot of an influence on the opposite candidates’ nationwide assist, and will in reality be serving to the previous president,” the survey concludes.
In August, Morning Seek the advice of discovered that the assist for President Trump went unchanged at 58 % after he skipped the first GOP presidential debate in Milwaukee. As an alternative of attending the talk, the previous president aired a pre-recorded interview he did with former Fox Information host Tucker Carlson.
The second debate, which was aired on Fox Information Channel and Fox Enterprise, drew 3.5 million fewer viewers than the primary debate.
Even with the absence of President Trump, the seven GOP presidential contenders didn’t make a breakthrough within the second debate, as they argued over topics together with China, the border disaster, crime, fentanyl, and schooling.
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Mr. Ramaswamy completed third with 18 % saying they had been extra more likely to assist him, forward of Mr. Pence with 16 %, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie with 15 %, and Mr. Scott with 14 %.
Following the second debate, Chris LaCivita, a senior adviser to President Trump’s 2024 marketing campaign, urged the Republican Nationwide Committee (RNC) to cancel future debates.
“Tonight’s GOP debate was as boring and inconsequential as the primary debate, and nothing that was stated will change the dynamics of the first contest being dominated by President Trump,” Mr. LaCivita said on Sept. 27.
Mr. LaCivita added, “The RNC ought to instantly put an finish to any additional major debates so we are able to practice our fireplace on Crooked Joe Biden and give up losing money and time that may very well be going to evicting Biden from the White Home.”
In keeping with Mr. LaCivita, Mr. Trump has no plans to attend future GOP presidential debates, after skipping the primary two. The third debate is about to happen in Miami on Nov. 8.
The previous president is scheduled to host the Iowa Decide to Caucus occasion in Ottumwa, Iowa, on Oct. 1.
“Simply landed within the Nice State of Iowa,” President Trump wrote on his Fact Social account on early Sunday. “Bear in mind, I received the farmers 28 Billion {Dollars} from China. No one else would have even considered doing that, and in the event that they did, wouldn’t have been capable of get it completed!”
The previous president was additionally in Iowa on Sept. 20, when he told supporters in Dubuque that he would use troops to safe the southern border if reelected.
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