Yahoo/YouGov national poll: Trump 44% DeSantis 23% Pence 6% Haley 5% Carlson 2% Rubio 1% Youngkin 1%

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Yahoo/YouGov poll of GOP primary voters, conducted Dec. 9 -13:

https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/5nf49qubtk/20211213_yahoo_vaccine_tabs.pdf

This is the GOP primary portion of this poll, which already has the D. numbers posted in this linked thread.

Trump 44%
DeSantis 23%
Pence 6%
Haley 5%
Carlson 2%
Rubio 1%
Youngkin 1%

Crosstabs:

men: Trump +17 over DeSantis
women: Trump +26 over DeSantis
age 18-29: Trump + the 72 over Pence
age 30-44: Trump + 25 over DeSantis
age 45-64: Trump + 13 over DeSantis
age 65+: Trump + 6 over DeSantis
white: Trump + 19 over DeSantis
Hispanic: Trump + 35 over DeSantis
under $50k income: Trump + 43 over DeSantis
$50-100k income: Trump + 14 over DeSantis
over $100k income: DeSantis +8 over Trump
fully vaccinated: Trump +10 over DeSantis
not fully vaccinated: Trump +35 over DeSantis
have children under 18: Trump +33 over DeSantis
don’t have children under 18: Trump + 17 over DeSantis

So yes, for the second time in a row on this poll, DeSantis leads Trump among voters making over $100k a year.  Among that group, it’s:

DeSantis 36%
Trump 28%
Haley 8%
Pence 5%
Rubio 4%
Youngkin 4%
Carlson 1%

Also note the enormous age gap for Trump vs. DeSantis:

age 18-29:
Trump 75%
DeSantis 2%
(Pence is in 2nd here, with 3%, while DeSantis at 2% is ties with Rubio and Youngkin for 3rd.)

age 65+:
Trump 36%
DeSantis 30%

I find that a little surprising considering that DeSantis has fought vaccine mandates much harder and more effectively than Trump would've. Trump doesn't even seem interested in fighting them, and would rather boast about how it was his creation. This seems to me like a class divide, as lower income/education people are the least likely to be vaccinated, and they've always preferred Trump to other Republicans.

Also, I'm calling BS on that young R crosstab. No way DeSantis only has 2%.

I disagree. Young Rs love Trump way more than DeSantis cause he's a sh**tposting online troll. Older Rs lean more establishment and prefer politicians like DeSantis who have a record and policy plans and stuff.

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Trump is the candidate for working class young poor minorities with families, while DeSantis is the candidate for white rich single suburbanites and this poll PROVES IT!

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Those age crosstabs are wild.  Do we have confirmation of this insane gap with other polls?  I know tons of young DeSantis fans, myself included, so this bewilders me.

I know way more younger Trump fans. Older policy-oriented Republicans are more DeSantis-oriented while younger Republicans are often more extreme and like Trump's "troll" persona.

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Those age crosstabs are wild.  Do we have confirmation of this insane gap with other polls?  I know tons of young DeSantis fans, myself included, so this bewilders me.

Anecdotally I've definitely gotten the impression that older conservatives want someone more reliable and possibly more electable. Keep in mind, older Republicans wanting a more stable and younger candidate does not equal disapproval of Trump.

This is definitely true. Older (as in 60+) conservatives don't care as much about "owning the libs", middle aged conservatives are mixed about it and younger conservatives, since they are often on right-wing social media, are the most "own the libs" people.