CNN poll: Majority of Democrats don't want Biden back in 2024, and there's little enthusiasm for other DNC candidates
A new CNN poll finds that a majority of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independent voters would prefer that the DNC nominate a different candidate other than President Joe Biden in 2024.
The CNN poll of 1,527 voters conducted by SSRS Research reveals that 51% of registered Democrats and Democrat-leaning voters would prefer a different candidate other than Biden in the 2024 election, versus 45% who want to renominate President Biden. There were 5% who were undecided. Biden's 45% support lags far behind a March 2010 poll that showed 79% of Democratic voters supported then-President Barack Obama.
As for the reasons not to support Biden, 35% believed that Biden couldn't win against Republicans, 31% said they don't want the president to be reelected, and 19% noted that the president's age worries them. Biden is currently 79-years-old and would be 81 once he takes office in 2024.
When Democrats were asked if there was a "specific person you'd like to see the Democratic Party nominate for president in 2024," a whopping 72% declared they "just someone besides Joe Biden."
However, the potential 2024 Democratic presidential nominees didn't inspire the passion of voters. The top candidate – with only 5% backing – was Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). The rest of the uninspiring candidates include former First Lady Michelle Obama (4%), Pete Buttigieg (2%), Vice President Kamala Harris (2%), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) (1%), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) (1%), and talk show host Oprah Winfrey (1%).
Looking at the 2024 election from the Republican side, the polls found that former President Donald Trump is the top pick, but by a slim margin. According to the survey of Republicans and Republican-leaning independent voters between Jan. 10 and Feb. 6, 50% want Trump to be the GOP nominee in 2024, while 49% would prefer another candidate. This is a major drop from Trump's polling numbers in March 2018 when 77% of Republican voters wanted him to be nominated again in 2020.
As for their reasoning, there are 39% who simply don't want Trump to be president again, and 22% who don't believe the former president could beat the Democratic candidate in 2024.
There are 60% who want "just someone other than Trump." Of potential GOP presidential candidates in 2024, there appears to be only one threat to Trump – Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. The Republican governor of Florida garnered 21% of the vote, while the third-place contenders languished far behind. The next candidates grabbed a mere 1% of the interest from Republican voters, including Donald Trump Jr., Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R).
Nearly a year ago, the Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll showed that 68% of CPAC attendees said Trump should run for president in 2024, and the runner-up was DeSantis at 21%, followed by Noem at 4%, and Haley at 3%.
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Should Nikki Haley drop out?
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley lost the GOP presidential primary election to Donald Trump in her home state of South Carolina.
But that’s not stopping her from acting like she won, which many Americans, including Sara Gonzales, find interesting.
“Nikki Haley has now lost four times consecutively, if you count Nevada,” Gonzales says, noting that she’s wondering why Haley is still in the race.
“If it’s me, I’m like, ‘I don’t even want to go to South Carolina, I’m going to be embarrassed,’” Gonzales continues, adding, “I would rather not have that on the record. He’s going to beat me by like 30, 40 points, and this is just going to be really embarrassing.'”
Stu Burguiere feels a little differently, as Super Tuesday is just over a week away and she’s stuck it out until now, anyway.
“She’s going to lose more,” Stu says, adding that though she will lose, “she will pick up some delegates.”
“The only play for her at this point is to try to be the alternative in case the Trump thing completely falls apart for whatever reason, God forbid,” he adds.
However, even if Trump were thrown in jail, Stu doesn’t believe that means she would secure the nomination.
“At this point,” he says, “I think we’d all agree she’s burned whatever MAGA sort of street cred she had left from her time serving in the administration.”
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