An InsiderAdvantage national survey of 850 likely Republican caucus and primary voters, conducted August 24 with a Margin of Error of 3.36% shows Trump still leading the race with only three significant challengers. Those are Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, and Vivek Ramaswamy.
The results:
Donald Trump: 45%
Ron DeSantis: 18%
Haley:11%
Vivek Ramaswamy: 7%
Chris Christie: 4%
Tim Scott: 3%
Mike Pence: 2%
Larry Elder: 1%
Asa Hutchinson: 1%
Will Hurd: 1%
Doug Burgum: 1%
Ryan Binkley: 0:
Francis Suarez: 0%
Perry Johnson: 0%
No Opinio: 6%
InsiderAdvantage Chairman Matt Towery: Although our survey showed that Vivek Ramaswamy won the debate by a narrow margin, Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley were the two major beneficiaries of the debate when it came to the actual horserace. With a vasty majority of respondents disagreeing with Trump’s decision not to debate, Trump held his lead but now has several candidates still alive in the race for the nomination.
Our InsiderAdvantageAI debate reports indicated that Ramaswamy, DeSantis, and Haley had big nights Wednesday, but only DeSantis’s efforts, followed by Halley’s had an impact on the actual race. As our InsiderAdvantageAI indicated, Pence, Christie, and Scott had debate performances that either failed to enhance or actually diminished their standings. The still to come poll of the debate performances are in line with the InsiderAdvantageAI predictions as well.