Trump up 3 over Biden, crushing GOP challengers: poll

Former President Donald Trump's decision to skip Wednesday night's Republican primary debate does not appear to have hurt him in the polls, with the Republican electorate overwhelmingly preferring him to any of his GOP competitors in a recent survey.

Among Republicans, 62% want Trump to be the party nominee, according to a Leger survey commissioned by the New York Post. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis placed second with 10%, while tech mogul Vivek Ramaswamy took 7% support, and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley placed fourth with 6%.

Trump gained 2% over his standing after the first debate.

In a general matchup, Trump beat President Joe Biden by a 44% to 41% margin. Trump is currently facing four criminal indictments, but has not been convicted in any of those cases.

At present, a plurality of voters (43%) expect Trump to triumph over Biden, while 32% think the Democrat will win in 2024. Should Trump be convicted in any of his criminal cases or possibly imprisoned before the election, however, only 36% think he will win.

Leger Executive Vice President Andrew Enns told the Post he believed many Republican voters have already made their decision and are unlikely to break from Trump, regardless of his legal woes.

"I just think that there’s a strong segment of Republican voters that there’s not much that’s gonna sway them," Enns said. "I suspect that they feel that there’s a lot of political motivation behind the accusations and charges and so they’re sticking to that sort of version of events and it’s going to be very difficult to move them off."

Ben Whedon is an editor and reporter for Just the News. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter.