Less than a third of Republicans think Donald Trump should try to serve a third term as president, according to new polling from YouGov, which tells us, only a fraction of the true believers are actually true believers.
Yeah, I know, fake news.
The number, 32 percent of Republicans for, 55 percent against, 13 percent not sure, drops further among people who told the pollster they voted for Trump in 2024 – that subset has 26 percent wanting Trump to try for a third term, 63 percent opposed, 11 percent not sure.
Fifty-five percent of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents view Vice President JD Vance as the “most electable” Republican in the 2028 cycle.
Trump gets 9 percent there.
YouGov asked which candidates those folks would consider voting for.
The favorites:
- JD Vance: 66 percent
- Marco Rubio: 39 percent
- Ron DeSantis: 37 percent
- Donald Trump Jr.: 35 percent
- Ted Cruz: 24 percent
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: 18 percent
- Tulsi Gabbard: 17 percent
- Vivek Ramaswamy: 16 percent
- Nikki Haley: 11 percent
- Mike Pence: 10 percent
- Tim Scott: 9 percent
- Glenn Youngkin: 8 percent
Glenn Youngkin at 8 percent: bahahahahaha.
Early look at the 2028 Democratic race
On the other side, Democrats and Dem-leaning independents view Gavin Newsom as the “most electable,” with the California governor getting 31 percent there.
Former VP Kamala Harris is the only other candidate in double-digits, at 16 percent.
Of note, Harris has a slight lead in the candidates who Ds and D-leaning indies would consider voting for.
The favorites:
- Kamala Harris: 51 percent
- Gavin Newsom: 47 percent
- Pete Buttigieg: 41 percent
- Bernie Sanders: 40 percent
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 38 percent
- Mark Kelly: 34 percent
- Elizabeth Warren: 29 percent
- Tim Walz: 28 percent
- Cory Booker: 27 percent
- JB Pritzker: 25 percent
- Josh Shapiro: 25 percent
- Andy Beshear: 20 percent
- Gretchen Whitmer: 20 percent
- Amy Klobuchar: 19 percent
Pretty wide open on the Democratic side.
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Chris Graham
