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By Julia Johnson, Politics Reporter. Media: Washington Examiner.

The distance between Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and President Joe Biden in a 2024 presidential election matchup seems to be growing, as the latest polling shows Biden expanding his lead. Biden's lead over DeSantis has grown to 43% to 38%, according to new national data from Morning Consult. Last week, Biden only held a 2-point advantage over Desantis, 42% to 40%. The same 2024 matchup sees Biden defeat former President Donald Trump by 1 percentage point, 43% to Trump's 42%. Just last week, however, Trump was leading the president 44% to 41%. Notably, Biden maintains the same 43% support against both Republican contenders. Trump's support dropped 1 point from last week. Still, he still holds the support of more than half of likely Republican primary voters. Fellow 2024 candidates Vivek Ramaswamy and former Vice President Mike Pence took third and fourth places, with 8% and 7%, respectively. The survey took place between July 7-9. It included 3,616 likely Republican primary voters for the primary tracking results and over 5,000 registered voters for the hypothetical general election matchups. The margin of error for the primary polling is plus or minus 1-2 percentage points and for the general election polling is plus or minus 1 percentage point. Trump's lead, however, is less significant in polling of likely Republican primary voters in Iowa, where the first-in-the-nation Republican presidential caucuses will take place on Jan. 15. Trump does not maintain the support of the majority of Iowa Republicans, according to the most recent polls of GOP primary voters in the state. The RealClearPolitics polling average in the Iowa race between April and July shows Trump at 47.7% and DeSantis at 23.7%.