Poll: Trump takes big lead over DeSantis among California Republicans
LA TimesFormer President Trump has vaulted back to a substantial lead in California over Florida Gov. Trump has the support of 44% of California’s likely Republican primary voters, while DeSantis was backed by 26%, according to the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll co- The former president’s rise shows his ability to use the media to galvanize the voters most likely to back his third White House bid, said Mark DiCamillo, director of the IGS poll. That’s a view rejected by the rest of the state’s voters: Roughly two-thirds of California voters overall said Trump could get a fair trial and the verdict should be taken seriously. Seven in 10 California voters say it’s at least likely that Trump committed a crime in one or more of those cases, with half saying he definitely did, the poll found. Trump leads DeSantis 62% to 23% among likely California Republican voters who identify themselves as strongly conservative.