Almost half of Democrats want someone other than President Biden to lead their party in 2024, with former first lady Michelle Obama the frontrunner to replace President Biden, according to a new poll. .
Approximately 48% of Democratic voters surveyed said they supported the party “finding another candidate to replace Joe Biden before the November election,” compared to 48% who disapproved. 38% said so. rasmussen report The study was released on Monday.
But only 33% of Democrats think there is a high chance of a major upheaval of ballots.
Pollsters say there is little consensus among likely Democratic voters about who should replace the 81-year-old Biden on the ballot this fall if he does not seek re-election. I discovered that there is no.
But Mr. Obama, 60, leads the group with 20% among a list of candidates that also includes Vice President Kamala Harris, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. received support. above” and “I don’t understand.”
According to the poll, most Democrats (27%) chose “none of the above.”
Following the former first lady is the vice president, with 15% of Democrats saying they would support Harris to come out on top.
Twelve percent of Democrats said they would support Clinton, 76, to replace Biden and hope for a possible rematch in the 2016 presidential election.
Newsom, 56, who has already been accused of running a “shadow campaign” for president in case Biden had to withdraw from the race for health reasons, received 11% support. I got it.
Whitmer, 52, is the youngest of the group, with 9% of likely Democrats giving her their first choice.
6% answered “I don’t know.”
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) claimed in September that Mr. Obama could be “parachuted” into the Democratic National Convention in the former first lady’s hometown of Chicago, claiming that his party’s nominee to replace Biden, who nominated him as president.
President Obama has repeatedly expressed his desire to distance himself from politics.
Biden, the oldest president in U.S. history, is trailing former President Donald Trump, 77, the front-runner for the Republican nomination, in several polls in key battleground states. , Biden has not indicated any intention to resign. He puts it aside and allows another Democrat to run in his place.
Mr. Biden will be 86 years old by the end of his second term, and his cognitive decline was noted in special counsel Robert Hur’s scathing report on the presidential secrets scandal.
