Governor DeSantis is gaining ground on former President Trump in new polling. Trump’s lead is still significant, but DeSantis is slowly getting his numbers higher.

Here’s more via DC Examiner:

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is steadily gaining ground in the GOP presidential primary race against former President Donald Trump, polling shows.

A recent Emerson College poll conducted from June 19-20 showed that Trump still maintains a lead over DeSantis, 59% to 21%. DeSantis’s support increased since the college’s April poll, which marked him at 16%.

“In the past year, the Republican primary has remained statistically unchanged,” Spencer Kimball, polling director at Emerson College, said in a statement. “However, DeSantis has made inroads with women voters over the last few months; Trump led DeSantis among women voters 58% to 17% in April, but now leads 53% to 26% in June, a 14-point improvement for DeSantis.”

DeSantis also leads Trump in some battleground states. A poll from Public Opinion Strategies showed the Florida governor defeating President Joe Biden in a matchup, while Trump loses to Biden in Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Arizona, three crucial states that will help determine the next president and control of Congress.

Those swing state polls where Trump is losing to Biden look like this:

The DeSantis campaign is not even a month old and he’s already moving up in the polls. Granted he’s got a way to go but he’s got time to do it.