Byron Donalds internal polling shows him maintaining majority support in GOP Primary race

The race for the Republican gubernatorial nomination is all but over, according to a memo from the Byron Donalds campaign.

Donalds’ pollsters, Fabrizio, Lee & Associates, find that with 28 days to go until the votes are counted, the third-term Congressman from Naples is dominating the field and holding the same “huge lead” he’s had for months.

“Rep. Donalds wins a 53% majority, statistically unchanged from April. Comparatively, Donalds’ opponents — despite spending millions — are all at 10% or less. With less than a month to go before the Republican primary, it is clear that Byron Donalds is the overwhelming favorite to be the nominee for the GOP in the race for Governor,” says the memo obtained by Florida Politics.

With only 23% of voters undecided, Donalds’ closest competition in the race is Lt. Gov. Jay Collins, whose 10% support is 1 point up from April’s showing.

Businessman James Fishback remains at 9%, while former House Speaker Paul Renner is in fourth place with 4%.

Donalds’ campaign assumes a largely older electorate ends up voting.

About 23% of the sample is 75 years of age and up, while 22% are between the ages of 65 and 74, and 24% are between 55 and 64. Only 31% of those polled are under the age of 55.

Donalds’ internal poll is somewhat better for the candidate than public polls. But he still dominates there too.

On average, Donalds has 45% support in polls, with Collins and Fishback at 10% and Renner at 3%.

The Congressman is eager to begin the General Election campaign, as evidenced by downplaying attacks on his August opponents to focus on likely Democratic nominee David Jolly, a onetime Republican himself, as someone who will use “boring” language to mask a socialist agenda.

Donalds has challenged Jolly to a series of three debates, but Jolly says that’s a conversation that can be tabled until after the Aug. 18 Primary.

In the latest survey, 400 likely Republican Primary voters were polled between July 14 and July 16.