<p class="speakable">A new national poll of Republican primary voters is the second in two days to suggest that&nbsp;<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/ron-desantis" _mce_href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/ron-desantis" target="_blank">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis</a>&nbsp;would top former President Donald Trump by double digits in a hypothetical 2024 GOP presidential nomination showdown between the two most popular politicians in the party.&nbsp;</p> <p class="speakable">The Wall Street Journal poll released on Wednesday also indicates that Republican primary voters hold a slightly more favorable opinion of DeSantis than Trump, who launched this third White House campaign a month ago.</p> <p>Eighty-six percent of likely GOP primary voters said they held a favorable view of DeSantis, who last month overwhelmingly won re-election to a second term steering the nation’s third most populated state, compared to 74% who<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/donald-trump" _mce_href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/donald-trump" target="_blank">&nbsp;viewed Trump favorably</a>.</p> <div class="ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300"></div> <p>In a hypothetical DeSantis-Trump face-off for the nomination, the poll suggests the Florida governor ahead of the former president 52%-38%, more than 13 months ahead of the first contests in the 2024 Republican presidential primary and caucus calendar.</p>