Trump. so, that is, again, because we re so early, it almost doesn t necessarily matter whether he s official or not. what we don t know is as we get, you know, as the calendar flips, and as we get closer to debates, as we get closer to the actual voting, whether or not desantis is going to be a governor scott walker, almost conson, back in 2015, who was that s a blast from the past. got on his feet, and then collapsed. that seems like 1 million years ago. it s true, it s almost analogous. it kind of is 1 million years ago in politics. but that s the question, whether or not he has somebody like that. john, what does the polls given that the former president continues to speak with the 2020 election obsessively, what is the polls say about republicans and their view of the legitimacy of the 2020 election? anticipate the question, i
Republicans. desantis at the top of trump right now, but what about all those others, doesn t that help trump? when you break it down by education, what does the polls say? fascinating, the biggest divide in american politics right, now are one of the biggest divides right now, education. and that is true in the republican party as well. again, forgive me via stretch this out, this is trump s base, right. non-college educated republicans, 48% of, nearly half of them support donald trump. but desantis is competitive, 34% among republicans are likely republican primary voters who do not have a college degree. like those who do have a college degree. this is desantis s strength. 41% more traditional republicans, trump at 23, present pence and haley well behind them. so, you have issue divides, if you divides, but education is a big divide. when it comes to what s most important potential republican nominee, what s important out? that this is interesting. and you could argue it ben
Now, for nearly two years out. i don t want to make pronouncements too quickly. desantis has a lot more to prove than trump does. with trump, not many american minds are already made up about him. so, for him to be pulling at actually 40%, it s actually quite remarkable. it means he still has an incredible hold on the republican base. so, the open question now, is ron desantis is staying power. when it comes to are you going to talk to the mainstream press, how does he play in ohio, south carolina, ohio, and potentially on a debate stage with all, trump and we don t have that yet. dana, the numbers are good, as alyssa says, for governor desantis. he hasn t been, into her, point tested on the national stage. do you think he benefits politically by not officially being in the race yet? yellow you, know it s unclear whether it matters that much at this early stage, whether he is officially in or not, because there is so much attention on him, particularly from the donors, from the ele
Want to call the former president s arguments about immigration cultural, he talked about it as a security issue, but it s a lot more than that, we know that. this time around, he is really just jumping into some of the issues that we didn t hear from him, pretty much at all, nevermind during his campaign before, first or second time, but even during his presidency. and he s doing it because he sees that that is where that portion of the electorate is. yeah. and he also sees that s what governor desantis is doing in florida. alyssa, desantis is as changed his position on ukraine to align with the former presidents position. i think that, i was very surprised to see the response to. it of course, the maga wing of the gop was very pleased. i knew that ron desantis work with him in the house, he had a complete opposite side. he wanted to arm ukraine to the teat, following the 2014 invasion of crimea.
new cnn polling is out on the 2024 presidential race giving insight on potential head to head matchups among some republicans, including likely battle between former president donald trump and florida governor john desantis. john king joins us with the numbers. what does the polls say about potential republican voters top choice for the nominee right now? it s fascinating. forget the old map, i want to do this in the context of 2016 where donald trump had a crowding competitive primary. so where are we now when we look at 2024? let s start right there. the first choice will stretches out a little bit. right now before 11 months before anyone votes, this is a trump desantis void race for the at the top. that statistically is a dead heat. mike pence the former vice president 6%, governor haley at 6%, others a 2% of 1%. but if you look at it right now, crowded likely field with trump and desantis locked at the top in anderson just for the sake