The GOP primary electorate considers themselves "very conservative" at 41%, 39% are aged 65 or older, and 89% are white, according to an NBC poll released Thursday on the profile of the voters preparing to select the Republican presidential nominee.
Comparatively, 25% of the overall electorate and 25% of Democrat primary voters are aged 65 and older, 72% of all voters are white and 67% of Republican voters say they are conservative.
The poll also found:
- 51% of Republican voters say they would pick Donald Trump as the GOP candidate, compared with 22% for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and 7% for former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.
- 49% overall said they would pick Joe Biden if the election for president were held today, compared with 45% who said they would pick Trump.
- 64% said they agreed with the following statement: The investigations and indictments are a politically motivated attempt to stop Donald Trump from becoming president again. No other candidate is like Donald Trump, and we must support him now to stop his opponents from winning.
- The GOP is slightly more diverse than it was in 2016, when 92% of all Republican voters were white (versus 89% now).
- The percentage of Republicans without college degrees has increased significantly since 2012, when 48% of Republicans didn’t have college degrees. By 2016, that percentage had increased to 58%. Now it’s 63%.
NBC surveyed 1,000 registered voters from June 16-20. The margin of error is +/-3.10%.
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