A new poll has revealed changing attitudes to Trump from his Republican supporters.

One in three Republican voters would have preferred a different candidate to Donald Trump for the upcoming presidential election.

In March, the former president won enough primary races to secure the Republican nomination in the 2024 presidential election.

However, according to a survey of 1,003 Americans by Canadian polling firm Leger, Trump does not command the full support of his base and 33 percent of this demographic would have preferred another politician. Meanwhile, this proportion is higher (47 percent) among Republican voters aged 18 to 34 years old.

    • half_fiction@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      911·
      4 months ago

      Yup, exactly. That’s the question that actually matters. Tons of Republicans were very vocally against Trump in 2016 too, but fell in line as soon as he was named their official candidate. The Republican Party is great at unifying around candidates and messaging when it counts (probably one of their only legitimate strengths.)

    • CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world
      17·
      4 months ago

      There was just another poll that said only 10% of Republican voters WONT vote for trump.

      So that means 23% of Republican voters dont want trump but still will vote for him.

      That also means 2/3 want him flat out.

      • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        4 months ago

        As someone who’s a registered Democrat who doesn’t want to vote for Biden but will still vote for him, I feel their pain.

    • Match!!@pawb.socialEnglish
      17·
      4 months ago

      Nobody changes how they vote, but turnout might be more depressed among Republicans, in which case maybe only 1 in 3 will for for trump

      • Optional@lemmy.world
        51·
        4 months ago

        I wish. It’s a cult. They do cult-like things that don’t make sense unless you drink the kool-aid.

      • EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        3·
        4 months ago

        But would it even make a difference? The Republicans haven’t won the vote in about 2 decades, and in 2016, the Supreme Court said that the Electoral College doesn’t have to vote the way that the voters that they represent voted when multiple representatives said that they were going to cast their votes for Trump despite Hillary winning the state.