Former President Donald Trump is projected to win the Republican nomination for president by a landslide in Tennessee next year, with a 49-point lead over challenger Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) as of June.

A new poll released this week by the Beacon Center showed Trump dominating the southern state with 61% of the vote over DeSantis's 12%, and Trump beating President Joe Biden in a 2024 matchup in the state by more than 20 points.

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"These primary results reflect what we've seen in national polls for months, that a rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump is the most likely scenario in 2024," Beacon spokesman Mark Cunningham said in a statement. "It is interesting that Trump fares substantially better against Biden than Ron DeSantis does, and the change came almost exclusively from Republican voters who say they would vote for Trump as their nominee but would not vote at all if DeSantis were the nominee."

The 20-point lead over Biden is lower than 2020's lead, which saw Trump collect 60% of the vote over the current president. The numbers come from a poll of 1,120 registered voters, who were surveyed from June 14 to June 22, and has a 2.8% margin of error.

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Among Democratic contenders for the nomination, Biden is leading significantly with 63% of the votes. Challengers Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Marianne Williamson have 7% and 2% of the vote, respectively. However, 26% of Democratic voters are still undecided.

In the hypothetical matchup between DeSantis and Biden, DeSantis would also win the state, but by 16% instead of 20%.