Speculation is swirling over who will succeed President Donald Trump in the 2028 election — and Republicans are already rallying behind one person.
The new Emerson College poll surveyed registered Republican voters to ask who they would support for the 2028 GOP presidential nomination. The poll, released Friday, found that Vice President JD Vance already has an overwhelming amount of support from those within his party.
The poll showed 54% of Republican voters selected Vance as their choice for the nomination—up from the 30% who said the same of Vance when the poll was conducted in November 2024. The remaining Republican voters are largely undecided, according to the new poll.
The poll found 25% of Republican voters were undecided. Another 7% selected Trump despite him not being allowed to run for a third term in office. Secretary of State Marco Rubio clinched 6% of support, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis received 2% of support. An additional 6% chose someone else, according to the poll.
While Republicans are lining up behind Vance, the frontrunner for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination is less clear.
The poll found that 35% of Democratic primary voters were undecided. Twenty-four percent of Democratic voters chose California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), 10% supported former Vice President Kamala Harris and 9% chose former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got 2% of the vote. The remaining 19% of Democratic voters chose someone else.
The poll results come days after Democrats swept crucial elections in New Jersey, Virginia and New York City, giving the party a much-needed boost one year after Trump was elected to the White House. Now, Democrats are focusing on whether they can win the House in the 2026 midterm elections.
On the generic 2026 congressional ballot, 44% of voters said they would support the Democratic candidate. Forty percent of voters said they would support the Republican candidate, and 16% were undecided, according to the poll.
Democrats were also more motivated to vote in the upcoming midterm elections compared to Republicans, according to the poll.
The poll was conducted among 1,000 registered voters between Nov. 3-4. It has a credibility interval of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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