A reminder of Trump’s strength at Atlanta conference featuring his rivals

The Gathering is a bastion for conservatives seeking a Donald Trump alternative.

Six of his rivals addressed the conference to cheers from hundreds of conservatives and Erick Erickson, the Atlanta event’s organizer, said he hoped not to utter the former president’s name throughout the weekend.

Which helps explain the hush over the room as Brent Buchanan, a pollster with Cygnal, presented a poll of likely Georgia GOP voters commissioned by Gov. Brian Kemp’s PAC.

It showed Trump leading the primary field with 53% of the vote, followed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (15%), business executive Vivek Ramaswamy (6%) and former Vice President Mike Pence (5%). Others polled within the margin of error.

A Cygnal poll commissioned by Gov. Brian Kemp’s PAC is on display at The Gathering - a conservative conference here featuring Trump’s top rivals. It shows the former president dominating among GOP primary voters in Georgia, the seat of some of his most devastating defeats. #gapol pic.twitter.com/FNlE3VYDcc
— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) August 19, 2023

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