[Hot Air] We’re another week closer to the start of the primary voting and we now have yet another GOP primary poll from the Wall Street Journal under our belts. And it’s yet another edition of this regular survey that is showing almost no changes to speak of. Or if there are changes, they aren’t the ones that Donald Trump’s field of primary opponents were hoping to see. The former president still stands alone at the top of the mountain with almost 60 percent support. The only other contender even reaching double digits is Ron DeSantis, but even he has slumped back down to the lower teens. Everyone else remains mired in single digits. And if anyone was wondering if Trump would have a change of heart and start participating in debates, you probably shouldn’t get your hopes up very much unless Trump grows very bored. Why would he participate when he has this sort of lead?
Donald Trump has expanded his dominating lead for the Republican presidential nomination, a new Wall Street Journal poll shows, as GOP primary voters overwhelmingly see his four criminal prosecutions as lacking merit and about half say the indictments fuel their support for him.
The new survey finds that what was once a two-man race for the nomination has collapsed into a lopsided contest in which Trump, for now, has no formidable challenger. The former president is the top choice of 59% of GOP primary voters, up 11 percentage points since April, when the Journal tested a slightly different field of potential and declared candidates.
Trump’s lead over his top rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, has nearly doubled since April to 46 percentage points.
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