GOP voters favor candidates challenging "woke" ideas, says CBS poll

A new CBS News/YouGov poll released on Monday has found that a vast majority of likely Republican primary voters, around 85%, prefer a candidate for the GOP's presidential nomination who challenges "woke" ideas.

Among them, 59% of the likely GOP primary voters say former President Donald Trump challenges "woke" ideas, followed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis with 24%. Only 4% say the same thing about former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and former Vice President Mike Pence.

Additionally, 66% of the voters say things are going either somewhat badly or very badly in the U.S, while only 34% believe things are going somewhat well or very well. In terms of the top issues in the 2024 presidential race, 32% say the economy is the most important, followed by democracy and election issues with 13%, healthcare with 11%, and gun policy with 10%.

In terms of their preferred candidates, 58% of the voters say they will vote for Trump in their state's primary, while 22% say they will back DeSantis. Only 5% say they will vote for Pence, and another 5% say they will support Ramaswamy. No other candidates polled at 5% or more.

Furthermore, 94% of those surveyed said they will vote for Trump because of his past performance as president, while another 94% say they back him "because he fights for people like me." 84% say they are voting for him because they believe he would beat President Joe Biden.

The poll, conducted from April 27 to April 29, surveyed 2,372 adults, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.4% for likely Republican primary voters.