Nearly 30% of Americans say they do not believe President Biden or former President Trump are qualified for the White House if elected president in November, according to a survey report. New Gallup Poll Published on Wednesday.
Slightly more respondents thought Trump would be more effective than Biden, 35% to 30%. This is a change from a similar poll in 2020, in which many respondents said Biden would be a better president than Trump if re-elected.
The number of respondents who have doubts about both candidates also increased from 25% in 2020 to 29% this month.
The poll shows growing dissatisfaction among voters, especially moderates and independents, with candidates from both major parties and highlights the impact third-party candidates will have on the 2024 election. There is.
About 42% of independents said neither Biden nor Trump would make a good president, with only a quarter of the group supporting either candidate.
Among those who said they didn’t think either would make a good president, nearly half (46%) said they would vote for a third-party candidate. One-third said they would choose between Biden or Trump, and 17% said they would not vote at all.
Although there are no third-party candidates vying for victory in any state, this group could play a key role in determining the outcome of the November election. Democrats have stepped up their attacks on independent Robert Kennedy Jr. in recent weeks after he announced his running mate, urging voters to stay away from him.
Despite briefly running for the Democratic nomination, the independent candidate’s outsider status, government skepticism, and anti-vaccine stance have made him popular among anti-establishment voters in both parties. There is.
He has consistently maintained notable approval ratings in most polls, winning about 10 percent of the vote in a series of Wall Street Journal polls in battleground states released Wednesday. did.
The Gallup poll surveyed about 1,000 people in March and had a margin of error of 4 percentage points.
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