Trump surges ahead of DeSantis in new Echelon Insights poll

According to a new Echelon Insights poll, in a contest against seven other GOP rivals, Trump garnered 49 percent support with DeSantis following with 19 percent support. In a two-way match-up, Trump received 59 percent support against DeSantis' 34 percent.

DeSantis announced his entry into the GOP primary on Wednesday via a Twitter space.

Days before his declaration, a new CNN and SSRS poll found that the Florida governor is half as popular as former President Trump among Republican voters.

In a recent Wall Street Journal poll, GOP primary voters opted for Trump with 51 percent support while the Florida governor garnered 38 percent. In another survey, a Yahoo News/YouGov had Trump getting 57 percent support of those polled and DeSantis getting 31 percent, while a Harvard/Harris poll showed 50 percent of voters noting Trump would likely beat Desantis if the GOP primary happened today.

Trump has surged ahead of other potential GOP candidates, according to other recent polls from Harvard-Harris and Morning Consult.

According to the Echelon Insights poll, Trump holds a sizeable lead over other GOP candidates with former Vice President Mike Pence getting 19 percent support, Vivek Ramaswamy with 8 percent, Tim Scott with 2 percent, and both Chris Christie and Larry Elder getting 1 percent.

In the same poll, 73 percent of those polled said the country is on the wrong track. 58 percent said they "strongly/ somewhat disapprove" of Joe Biden's job as president.

The poll asked respondents, "If the 2024 presidential election were being held today, [who] would you vote for…," with 46 percent putting Joe Biden at "definitely/ probably" and 44 percent doing the same for Trump.

The poll was conducted May 22-35, with an estimated 3.9 percentage point margin of error across 1,035 likely voters.