NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: 'Fox & Friends' host Steve Doocy seems to have been proven right about his claim that Donald Trump's popularity would get affected by the GOP debate.
A recently released poll has revealed Trump's new status amongst Republican voters; and while he continues to maintain the lead, his fellow candidates seem to be gaining more attention, threatening his chances to win the 2024 Presidential Election.
Doocy has previously been quite vocal about Trump's popularity being affected because of his decision to stay off the first GOP debate.
Donald Trump's voters shrink after GOP debate
The new poll results came from Emerson College which had Trump in a major lead over other Republican candidates.
The former president stood at a whopping 56 percent in the survey taken before the debate, leaving behind all the candidates in the presidential race.
However, the new poll results saw a drastic drop, with 50 percent of Republican voters continuing to stay loyal to Trump.
While the numbers continue to be promising, the college went on to reveal that this was "the lowest support to date for the former President in Emerson national polls."
Who is leading the Republican polls?
Trump continues to lead the Republican polls, including this new one with half of the voters on his side. With a loss of 6 percent of his voters, Trump was bound to have his fellow candidates make a slight jump from their previous positions.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, next in the lead, rose to 12 percent. Vivek Ramaswamy, one of the more popular candidates coming out of the fiery debate, dropped a percent to 9, third in the list.
Nikki Haley made a major jump from a mere 2 percent to 7, while Mike Pence shares the same position.
Steve Doocy says GOP Debate absence behind Trump's poll dip
'Fox & Friends' hosts were quite desperate for the former president to make an appearance on the debate night but to no avail. Doocy had previously suggested that Trump's absence could threaten a Republican rule in the country.
“As we had said before the debate, the debate was the official starting gate, essentially, for 2024, and people started shopping,” Doocy started, “And now people have started shopping."
Many, like the Fox hosts, had predicted that the other Republican candidates would get a lot more exposure because of Trump's absence. Doocy had the same idea.
"They looked at the people on the stage, and they said, ‘You know what? I kind of like that person too,'" Doocy continued, "Donald Trump is still way ahead. But now people are looking at other people. And as we said before the debate as well, if Donald Trump gets in after skipping the first debate, it’s going to look like he’s getting in because he’s losing.”
