The Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is now within striking distance of Ron DeSantis, whose poll numbers are plummeting so quickly. Every day is a new low for DeSantis.
The second-place GOP candidate is no longer comfortably in second place at 26%, as he was in March, when he was far ahead of the pack that lagged behind (and still trails) front-runner Donald Trump. Instead, according to The Hill, DeSantis is still trailing behind the rest of the pack with only 16% support compared to Ramaswamy's 10%. Trump is currently in the lead with 49%.
As former President Trump leads the field in the GOP presidential primary, biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy is closing the gap on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
As of this week, Ramaswamy was in third place with 10% of the vote, DeSantis was in second with 16%, and Trump was in first with 49%, according to a poll by Echelon Insights.
Ramaswamy increased by two percentage points since a comparable poll was taken in May, when the biotech entrepreneur received 8% of the vote. DeSantis, meanwhile, saw a 3 point decline in support since the May poll, when he was at 19 percent.
Since DeSantis's campaign launch due to a problematic Twitter Spaces event in May, some Republicans have expressed doubts about his viability as a candidate.
After his campaign released a video last week criticizing Trump's prior support for the LGBTQ community, the Florida governor recently attracted the wrath of the GOP LGBT group Log Cabin Republicans as well as other party members.
Between June 26 and June 29, the Echelon Insights poll surveyed 1,020 voters in the likely electorate. Plus or minus 3.9 percentage points is the error margin.
The second-place GOP candidate is no longer comfortably in second place at 26%, as he was in March, when he was far ahead of the pack that lagged behind (and still trails) front-runner Donald Trump. Instead, according to The Hill, DeSantis is still trailing behind the rest of the pack with only 16% support compared to Ramaswamy's 10%. Trump is currently in the lead with 49%.
As former President Trump leads the field in the GOP presidential primary, biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy is closing the gap on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
As of this week, Ramaswamy was in third place with 10% of the vote, DeSantis was in second with 16%, and Trump was in first with 49%, according to a poll by Echelon Insights.
Ramaswamy increased by two percentage points since a comparable poll was taken in May, when the biotech entrepreneur received 8% of the vote. DeSantis, meanwhile, saw a 3 point decline in support since the May poll, when he was at 19 percent.
Since DeSantis's campaign launch due to a problematic Twitter Spaces event in May, some Republicans have expressed doubts about his viability as a candidate.
After his campaign released a video last week criticizing Trump's prior support for the LGBTQ community, the Florida governor recently attracted the wrath of the GOP LGBT group Log Cabin Republicans as well as other party members.
Between June 26 and June 29, the Echelon Insights poll surveyed 1,020 voters in the likely electorate. Plus or minus 3.9 percentage points is the error margin.
