Majority of Democrats say Biden shouldn’t be reelected: Poll
Cami Mondeaux
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Only one-third of voters say President Joe Biden deserves a second term in the White House, with a majority of his own party saying they would like to see someone else as the nominee in 2024, according to a new poll.
Roughly 32% of voters say Biden “deserves” to be reelected, which is down from the 37% who said the same in December, according to a recent CNN poll. The shift in opinion was most prevalent among young voters, with only 26% of those under 35 saying Biden should be reelected compared to 36% who said the same in December.
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The poll also found a decrease in Biden’s favorability ratings, with only 42% approving of the president’s job performance and 57% disapproving. That’s a drop from the 45% who approved of his performance in January and 55% who disapproved.
Biden’s growing unfavorability was evident across a number of personal attributes, with a majority of voters (67%) saying the president does not have the stamina or sharpness to serve effectively, according to the poll. Another 65% said Biden does not inspire confidence, 54% said he was not honest or trustworthy, and 51% said he cannot work effectively with Congress.
Although a majority of Democrats (54%) say someone else should be chosen as the party’s nominee in 2024, the numbers are an improvement from the number of voters who said the same in December when 59% said they’d prefer another candidate. Last summer, that number stood at a staggering 75%.
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For those who’d like to see another candidate on the ticket, few could name specific replacements. Roughly 70% said they’d “generally” like to see someone other than Biden, with others floating names such as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) or Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, among others.
The poll surveyed 1,595 voters from March 1 to 31, with the majority of responses being gathered before former President Donald Trump’s indictment that was announced last week. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 percentage points.