Fifty-one percent of Virginia Republicans say they favor former President Donald Trump in the state's GOP primary, while 14% say they back Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his closest political rival in the race, according to a new Roanoke College Poll.
Here are highlights from the poll results, released on Thursday.
- 10% say they support Nikki Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
- 10% say they favor Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who is not a candidate.
- The remainder of the candidates were all in single digits.
- 48% of all Virginians polled say they back President Joe Biden in a hypothetical presidential race with Trump, who is favored by 44%.
"Biden leads Trump by about four points at 48% to 44%, which is a continued drop from his 9- and 16-point leads we reported in our August and May polls, respectively," the poll report said.
The survey, conducted Nov. 12-20, polled 686 Virginians. The margin of error is plus or minus 4.31 percentage points.