A new CNN poll finds Donald Trump is the first choice of 53% Republican and Republican-leaning voters in the presidential primary, roughly doubling Ron DeSantis’ 26%.
But the survey also finds that wide swaths of Republican-aligned voters are willing to consider either of the two, as well as several other candidates.
Jonathan Last: “Usually when a candidate in a divided field is over the 50 percent mark, is growing, and has a 37-point lead, they win.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.