Former President Donald Trump has no formidable challenger among Republican presidential primary candidates, according to a poll published Saturday.
The poll, published by the Wall Street Journal, showed that Trump is the top choice of 59 percent of GOP primary voters — up 11 percentage points since April.
[...] Trump’s lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has nearly doubled since April to 46 percentage points, the survey showed.
Compared to Trump’s 59 percent support, DeSantis garnered only 13 percent, putting him only barely ahead of the rest of the GOP primary field.
That figure represented a collapse of support for DeSantis, which was 24 percent in April.
“DeSantis collapsed,” said Democrat pollster Michael Bocian, who conducted the poll with Republican pollster Tony Fabrizio.
“The one candidate who back in April really seemed to be a potential contender, seemed to have a narrative to tell, has totally collapsed, and those votes went to Trump,” he said.
The poll showed that four indictments of Trump have not hurt him with Republican primary voters.
More than 60 percent polled said the indictments were politically motivated and without merit, according to the poll.
[...] A near majority — 48 percent — said the indictments made them more likely to vote for Trump in 2024, while only 16 percent said they made them less likely to support him.
Well, . . .
The WSJ survey included 600 Republican voters who said they will vote in a presidential primary or caucus. The poll was conducted after the first debate [...]
The killing words for those in the field, "The poll was conducted after the first debate."
Live, on the same stage, no hard questioning, (FOX after all), and the upshot is more drift to the slob whose indictment count is approaching his IQ.
Sad.
Is the problem the base? Or the field? Or Both?
Happy Labor Day.
_________UPDATE________
More Brietbart. Leading with a five minute video of one who talks a lot, while trailing DeSantis. Does he talk too much? Does he convince? And, what audience is he talking to? Energetic? Yes. Convincing? That is the question being left to readers.
CRABGRASS OUTLOOK: Anybody saying he'd appoint Ted Cruz to the Supreme Court does not get three strikes. He's out, end of story, in the world view of Crabgrass. Readers can ponder that.