Last night we held our own poll and you guys chose Governor DeSantis as the winner of the Republican debate. Well it turns out you guys were right on the money.
A new poll has just come out and respondents chose Gover DeSantis as the big winner of the debate, with Vivek Ramaswamy in second place:
IPSOS/WP POLL: Who do you think performed best in the Republican primary debate? (R's, who watched the debate, n=775)
DeSantis 29%
Ramaswamy 26%
Haley 15%
Pence 7%
Scott/Christie 4%
Burgum/Hutchinson 1%Worst Performance
Christie 22%
Hutchinson 14%https://t.co/9Iihl0hubc pic.twitter.com/8vZoTo3ywW— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) August 24, 2023
Governor DeSantis was the best performer at 29%, with Trumpaswamy on his heels at 26%.
According to the polling data, DeSantis gained about 4.5% points in favorability, going from 63% –> 67.5%. Nikki Haley gained the most in favorability, going from 30.2% –> 46.7%. Trump actually lost favorability, presumably because he didn’t participate, going from 66.2% –> 61.4%