So as another poster pointed out, Biden’s number is 65%.
To the broader point, I do get that this poll is asking Republicans who they would support in the primary, not whether they’d vote for Trump in the general. I guess what I’m saying is, I see this as 45% of Republicans who don’t want to vote for Trump in the primary (with the overlap of people who are sensible enough not to want Trump, but do want DeSantis for some godforsaken reason, being pretty small.) Then, 78% of Republicans who do acknowledge the factual reality that Trump committed serious crimes, don’t want to vote for him as a result.
I argue that the situation isn’t the same for the Dems what with not putting Biden up for re-election would be very unexpected and as such only really Kennedy has stood up as a “potential candidate”. But I concede that I was wrong given that you both interpreted what I wrote differently from how I thought, and what you understood has been disproven.
Those who won’t vote for him in the primary will likely still vote for him in the general is my main point. Republicans always fall in line and there is little to indicate this time will be different. The people who would vote for DeSantis but at the same time would abstain from voting for Trump meaning improving the Dems chances must be in the single digits. Also those 78% aren’t a big share of Republicans as a whole and further many of those likely are DeSantis supporters. The bottom line is Trump still has mind boggling support from Republican voters.
So as another poster pointed out, Biden’s number is 65%.
To the broader point, I do get that this poll is asking Republicans who they would support in the primary, not whether they’d vote for Trump in the general. I guess what I’m saying is, I see this as 45% of Republicans who don’t want to vote for Trump in the primary (with the overlap of people who are sensible enough not to want Trump, but do want DeSantis for some godforsaken reason, being pretty small.) Then, 78% of Republicans who do acknowledge the factual reality that Trump committed serious crimes, don’t want to vote for him as a result.
I argue that the situation isn’t the same for the Dems what with not putting Biden up for re-election would be very unexpected and as such only really Kennedy has stood up as a “potential candidate”. But I concede that I was wrong given that you both interpreted what I wrote differently from how I thought, and what you understood has been disproven.
Those who won’t vote for him in the primary will likely still vote for him in the general is my main point. Republicans always fall in line and there is little to indicate this time will be different. The people who would vote for DeSantis but at the same time would abstain from voting for Trump meaning improving the Dems chances must be in the single digits. Also those 78% aren’t a big share of Republicans as a whole and further many of those likely are DeSantis supporters. The bottom line is Trump still has mind boggling support from Republican voters.