Donald Trump is reportedly considering a handful of Capitol Hill insiders to become his running mate in 2024—Senators like Marco Rubio and J.D. Vance, and members of Congress including Byron Donalds and Elise Stefanik. But Republican voters want Trump to pick one of the G.O.P. candidates who ran against him for president, according to a new poll from Echelon Insights, which is partnering with Puck this year for exclusive analysis of the 2024 election. The online poll surveyed 1,006 likely voters, matched to the L2 voter file, between March 18-21. Echelon found that among likely G.O.P. voters and voters leaning Republican, their top pick for Trump’s running mate is entrepreneur and social media dilettante Vivek Ramaswamy, with 15 percent of voters naming him as their top choice when presented with a list of possible names. 

Ramaswamy was followed on the list by Ron DeSantis at 13 percent and Nikki Haley at 9 percent. Their positioning among G.O.P. voters likely reflects their relative fame compared to some of Trump’s other options, given the media attention showered on his primary challengers over the last year. Ramaswamy was the top choice among self-described conservatives, G.O.P. voters without a college degree, and suburban women. DeSantis was the top choice among Republicans with a college degree, high-income voters, and younger Republicans between the ages of 18 and 34.