Republican support for Trump 2024 run collapsing, poll shows

GOP backing for former President Donald Trump’s third consecutive White House bid has fallen apart over the past several months, with most Republican voters saying they’d prefer another candidate to carry on his policies in 2024, according to a poll released Tuesday. ​
 

While 31% of Republican and Republican-leaning independents want Trump, 76, to run again in two years, 61% say they would rather have another GOP standard-bearer, the USA Today/Suffolk University survey found. ​

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, 44, is their preferred choice. 

DeSantis, who cruised to re-election Nov. ​8, leads Trump by 23 percentage points — 56% to 33% — in a head-to-head primary matchup, the poll shows. ​