New polling indicates Democrat voters don’t want Biden in 2024.
QUICK FACTS:
- Democratic voters want a new candidate for the 2024 presidential election, according to CNN polling data released on Sunday.
- The poll indicated that only 45% of the registered Democrats and those leaning toward the party wanted President Joe Biden to run again, according to The Washington Times analysis of the data.
- Around 35% of those who didn’t want a second run from Biden made their decision because they didn’t think he could win.
- Another 31% didn’t want him reelected and almost 20% thought he was just too old to be doing the job for another term.
WHO VOTERS DO WANT IN 2024:
- In response to who voters are looking to see on a 2024 ticket, the most popular response was “just someone besides Joe Biden,” at a whopping 72%.
- Another 5% had Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on their virtual wish list and former First Lady Michelle Obama had the support of 4%.
- GOP voters and those leaning to the right seem to be about evenly split between ormer President Donald Trump (50%) and a different candidate (49%) in a hypothetical 2024 election.
- Of the 49% who want someone other than Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was the most popular choice.
BACKGROUND:
- Polling data for previous elections show that Biden could be in trouble for the next presidential bid.
- During former President Barack Obama’s first term at roughly the same time, 76% of the party wanted him to be renominated as the Democrat candidate.
- Additionally, general opinion about the election seems to be negative with 41% of likely voters saying that they’re dreading the election.