A new poll of U.S. voters from Emerson College Polling this week showed Vivek Ramaswamy and Ron DeSantis tied for second place with 10 percent of the national vote in the 2024 GOP presidential primary race.
NATIONAL POLL
2024 GOP Primary
Trump 56%
DeSantis 10%
Ramaswamy 10%
Pence 3%
Christie 3%
Scott 2%
Haley 2%
11% undecidedhttps://t.co/FwyN8GcqJv— Emerson College Polling (@EmersonPolling) August 19, 2023
Ramaswamy’s current favorability in the poll is notable, considering that he jumped 8 percentage points from Emerson College’s June poll, where he was polling at just 2 percent.
The group’s June poll also showed DeSantis polling at 21 percent – 11 percentage points more than his 10 percent in this month’s poll.
Regarding voters with postgraduate degrees, Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling, said, “Ramaswamy has improved among Republican voters with a postgraduate degree, a group that has previously been part of the DeSantis’ base. In the June Emerson poll, 38% of postgraduates supported DeSantis in the primary, which has dropped to 14% this month. Instead, 17% support Ramaswamy and 32% Trump.”
Ramaswamy – who is the youngest Republican presidential candidate ever at 38 years old – is also becoming more popular among younger Republican voters.
Kimball added, “Ramaswamy has made inroads among younger Republican Primary voters: 16% of voters under 35 support Ramaswamy, compared to 48% who support Trump and 15% DeSantis. DeSantis still holds 12% of voters over 65, while Trump holds 50% among this group and Ramaswamy holds 3%.”
Both former Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie and former Vice President Mike Pence are polling at 3 percent in this month’s poll, while South Carolina Senator Tim Scott and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley are polling at 2 percent.
Former President Donald Trump continues to lead the field of candidates with 56 percent of the vote.
Eleven percent of the poll’s respondents remain undecided.
Meanwhile, 62 percent of Republican Primary voters in the group’s poll say they will vote for the candidate they selected, while 38 percent say there is a chance they could change their mind and vote for someone else.
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network.
Photo “Vivek Ramaswamy” by Vivek Ramaswamy.
