The 1 Percent Candidate: Poll Shows Liz Cheney Floundering in 2024 GOP Field
19 May 2021
Only one percent of Republican voters would support a hypothetical presidential bid by Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), who recently hinted such a move could be in her political future, a Morning Consult survey released Wednesday found.
The survey, taken May 14-17, days after Republican colleagues ousted her as GOP conference chair, found just one percent expressing support for Cheney in a presidential bid. Cheney did not come close to former President Trump, whom she has routinely criticized, expressing regret for voting for him in the 2020 presidential election.
Per the survey, Trump garnered 50 percent support. Cheney fell behind former Vice President Mike Pence (13 percent), Donald Trump Jr. (8 percent), Gov. Ron DeSantis (7 percent), Nikki Haley (4 percent), Sen. Mitt Romney (4 percent), Sen. Ted Cruz (3 percent), and Sen. Tim Scott (2 percent).
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