A new CNN poll, conducted from Jan. 16 to Jan. 19, finds that supporters of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who dropped out of the 2024 race Sunday, are more likely to back former President Donald Trump as their second choice than former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.
The poll, conducted for CNN by the University of New Hampshire, finds that 62% of likely GOP New Hampshire voters who picked DeSantis as their first choice chose Trump as their second. The remaining 30% chose Haley.
On Sunday, DeSantis announced his support of Trump. "I signed a pledge," the Florida governor said on X, "to support the Republican nominee and I will honor that pledge. He has my endorsement because we can't go back to the old Republican guard of yesteryear: a repackaged form of warmed-over corporatism that Nikki Haley represents."
The poll surveyed 2,348 respondents, including 1,242 likely 2024 Republican primary voters, and had a margin of error of ±2.8%.
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