Ron DeSantis is now polling third in South Carolina as the Florida Governor continues to slip following reports of a shakeup within his campaign.
A new Fox poll of early primary contest states shows that DeSantis is now behind both former President Donald Trump and his once-Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley in South Carolina.
Haley was able to gain ground in the Palmetto State because she was also the first female governor there, serving from 2011-2017. At the time, she was also the youngest governor in the country and the second governor ever of Indian descent.
While DeSantis is still polling second in the first-in-the-nation caucus state of Iowa, the gap with Trump continues to grow.
A Fox Business survey of Iowa Republicans shows that 46 percent of likely caucus-goers back Trump – giving him a 30-point lead over DeSantis’ 16 percent. In third place is South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott with 11 percent.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (left) fell to third place in South Carolina polling – coming behind both frontrunner Donald Trump and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (right)
In the early contest states, Trump remains in a commanding first place – but his once Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has now bumped into second place in her home state of South cArolina
No other of the 15 candidates in the GOP primary so far were able to gain double-digit support in the Hawkeye State.
Six percent say they would caucus for biotech millionaire Vivek Ramaswamy, 5 percent for Haley and 4 percent for former Vice President Mike Pence.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum both came in at 3 percent in Iowa and the rest of the crowded field received 1 percent or less.
Trump’s lead is even larger in South Carolina, according to the survey conducted July 15-19 of 808 likely primary voters in the state.
With a 34-point lead against the rest of the field, Trump came in with a whopping 48 percent support from voters in the southern state.
Haley came in second with a distant 14 percent, leaving DeSantis in third place by 1 percentage point difference.
Tim Scott, who also is beloved by his home state voting bloc, came in fourth with 10 percent.
No one else broke the double-digit mark.
There are nearly seven months to the day until the South Carolina primary election, which is one of the early contest states that helps determine momentum of the election cycle.
Former President Donald Trump is still far the frontrunner in the 2024 presidential primary in both national and state-wide polling
Trump is still dominating the primary election polls and has even been able to widen his lead among DeSantis and the rest of those running for the nomination in 2024.
Earlier this year, DeSantis was polling more around 20 points behind Trump, but now the Florida governor has seen that gap widen to around 30 percent on average.
DeSantis, however, says he isn’t concerned with polling and doesn’t made moves based on what polls indicate.
Meanwhile, multiple reports indicate there is a shakeup coming in DeSantis’ presidential campaign.
A New York Times article on Sunday claims advisers are promising a reorientation toward an ‘insurgent’ run, and want to rebrand DeSantis as running a ;earner-meaner’ operation.