Former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis are steadily maintaining their top two spots in the Republican presidential primary, but there’s a new face coming in third place, according to the latest Real Clear Politics polling average.
Tech entrepreneur and political outsider Vivek Ramaswamy jumped ahead of former Vice President Mike Pence after the latest round of polling and now sits at 5.4% in the national polls to Pence’s 5.2%. Trump’s dominance continues in the polls as he remains at above 50% while DeSantis comes in at an average of 18.4%
Ramaswamy saw a boost in some polls this month, even hitting double digits in one Harvard/Harris poll last week, coming in at 10% and just two percentage points behind the Florida governor, who is considered to be Trump’s biggest threat from within the GOP. DeSantis’ latest polling average is his lowest since July 1 of last year, according to RCP’s co-founder and president, Tom Bevan.
Ramaswamy has also…