In February of 2025, Florida Congressman Byron Donalds acquired the backing of President Trump to be the state’s subsequent governor. Nevertheless, one 12 months later, many Florida GOP main voters stay unsure about whether or not Donalds is your best option to succeed Governor Ron DeSantis.
A new ballot by the Public Opinion Analysis Lab on the College of North Florida, (UNF) finds 36% of GOP are undecided about who to choose for Governor.
That’s adopted by Congressman Byron Donalds at 28%, Casey DeSantis (who hasn’t launched a marketing campaign) at 24%. Even with the unannounced candidacy of Casey DeSantis, the UNF ballot’s margin of error is +/- 4.38 factors which put her in a statistical tie with Donalds.
Take Casey DeSantis out of the combo, and issues worsen for Donalds. The 36% of the undecided GOP vote jumps to 51%.
The ballot additionally says 64% of Casey supporters had been not sure who they might vote for if she didn’t run.
Behind DeSantis is James Fishback (4%), LT. Gov. Jay Collins (3%) and former Florida Home Speaker Paul Renner, round 1%.
The Donalds’ marketing campaign highlights that, within the UNF ballot, when voters be taught the President has endorsed the Congressman, his numbers improve to 47%.
However the identical UNF ballot requested GOP voters whose endorsement carried extra weight, Governor DeSantis or President Trump.
Forty-Two p.c of GOP voters mentioned an endorsement from Gov. Ron DeSantis would have a bigger affect than President Trump, who acquired simply 32%.
The ballot consisted of 657 doubtless Republican voters carried out between Feb. 16-20.
