Poll show that 44% of Republicans disfavor a Trump WH comeback

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: News Agencies
23 Apr 2023 17:21

According to the findings of a poll conducted by AP and NORC, 70% of respondents do not want Trump to run for president in 2024.

Former US President Donald Trump looks on during a rally in Warren, Michigan, U.S., October 1, 2022 (REUTERS)

A new poll co-conducted by the Associated Press and the National Opinion Research Center based at the University of Chicago shows that Americans generally disfavor a Trump comeback to the White House.

According to the findings released by AP earlier this week:

70% of respondents do not want Trump to run for president in 2024.
44% of Republican respondents do not want Trump to run for president in 2024.
93% of Democrat respondents do not want Trump to run for president in 2024.
63% of independent respondents do not want Trump to run for president in 2024.

In addition to the partisanship variable, the poll studied the influence of the level of education on Trump's popularity:

80% of respondents with a college degree do not want Trump to run for president in 2024.
65% of respondents without a college do not want Trump to run for president in 2024.

However, the AP-NORC poll concluded that despite being generally perceived as unpopular, Trump has the highest "net favorability" among any potential Republican candidate for the presidency.

34% of respondents have a favorable view of Trump
4% of Democrat respondents have a favorable view of Trump.
68% of Republican respondents have a favorable view of Trump.

Mike Pence and DeSantis lag behind Trump with 33% and 31% favoring their presidential candidacy respectively.

Earlier this week, a Wall Street Journal survey showed that former US President Donald Trump would easily defeat Florida Governor Ron DeSantis by 13 points in the Republican party primaries.

However, the survey shows Trump winning by a landslide of 51% to 38%.

It was reported earlier in April that more than a whopping 50% of Republicans are fully prepared to support former US President Donald Trump's return to the presidential arena during the next elections scheduled for 2024, as per a YouGov poll.

According to the YouGov poll results, 52% of Republican supporters are ready to vote for Trump, followed by support for running candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis with 21%.