Vice President Kamala Harris has a lower favorability rating than President Joe Biden, a RealClearPolitics poll found Monday.
Harris’ Favorability rating Harris’ approval rating is one percentage point lower than Biden’s, raising concerns that she may not be the best alternative to Biden to take the lead on the Democratic field.
- Harris’ average favorability rating: 38.1%
- Biden’s average favorability rating: 39.1%
However, Biden has a higher net favorability rating than Harris, minus 17.5 (39.1 – 56.6%), according to RealClearPolitics, while Vice President Biden’s net favorability rating is minus 14.2 (38.1 – 52.3).
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Harris is not very popular among voters: She has an approval rating of 38.6 percent, according to FiveThirtyEight, compared with Biden’s 38.5 percent.
Both Democratic candidates’ approval ratings are well below the 50 percent threshold historically needed for an incumbent to win reelection.
A poll released July 9 by Fernand Amandi, a former pollster for President Barack Obama, appears to show Harris as a political favorite. Amandi’s poll, conducted by Bendixen & Amandi, found Harris leading former President Donald Trump by one point, 42 to 41 percent.
President Obama appears to have played a major role behind the scenes in Biden’s decision to step down: Until Wednesday, President Obama had not questioned the legitimacy of Biden’s candidacy. The Washington Post The leak came after reports surfaced just hours before former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called on the president to resign.
Former President Barack Obama embraces Vice President Kamala Harris during an event about President Joe Biden and Obamacare in the East Room of the White House on April 5, 2022. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)
The timing of the leak suggests Democratic leaders are moving systematically to convince Biden to drop out after weeks of internal party turmoil amid continued media scrutiny of Biden’s political viability. “The thinking here is that Obama, Pelosi, Jeffries and Schumer don’t want to be seen as behind-the-scenes party bosses orchestrating Harris’ coronation,” Playbook reported. “And they want to reunite the party when a real challenger is named.”
The Democratic Party appears to be uniting around Harris, including Hillary, Bill Clinton and “The Squad.” The only key members of the Democratic Party who have not publicly endorsed Harris are Obama, Pelosi, Jeffries and Schumer.
President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken leave the State Dining Room at the White House after President Biden’s remarks on the recent terrorist attacks in Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)
Besides Harris, other Democratic candidates include Governor Roy Cooper (D-North Carolina), Governor Josh Shapiro (D-Pennsylvania), Senator Mark Kelly (D-Arizona), Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-Michigan), Governor J.B. Pritzker (D-Illinois) and Governor Andy Beshear (D-Kentucky).
Wendell Fsebo is a political reporter for Breitbart News and a former war room analyst for the Republican National Committee. He is the author of: The Politics of Slave MoralityFollow Wendell “Bat” @WendellHusebø or The truth of society @WendellHusebo.
