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New York Daily News
New York Daily News
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis leads former President Donald Trump by a nearly 2-to-1 margin in a new poll of potential Sunshine State Republican presidential primary voters. DeSantis scored a 52%-to-27% lead over Trump among registered Republicans surveyed, with Nikki Haley and Mike Pence far behind in the low single digits. In a hypothetical #FloridaMan-a-mano matchup, DeSantis performs even better, clobbering Trump with 59% compared with just 28% for the former president. Michael Binder, director of the University of North Florida’s Public Opinion Research Lab, which conducted the survey, said h…