Yeah, Sarah, I would be surprised if a prominent Democrat runs versus Biden. I would not be amazed, however, if he decreases to run for reelection.
If Trump were to suddenly wait to announce or were even to float the concept he won’t run that could complicate Biden’s decision-making process if he is thinking about not running once again. I guess I’m just doubtful that Biden would surrender without an apparent beneficiary evident regardless of his age.
I’m not sure how much the data backs that up. They also selected Harris over Trump 45 percent to 44 percent.
Which’s before even entering the fact that 2024 is two years away and early general-election surveys are pretty worthless. It largely depends upon the pollster as to whether Biden leads or Trump leads, but on balance, Biden may lead somewhat generally. I do think, however, some Democrats think anybody other than Biden may be weaker versus Trump.
Most of the discontent appears to be coming within Biden’s own celebration, too. To be clear, 75 percent of Democrats said they approve of the task Biden is doing as president.
Where Biden goes from here back up or stagnant could be important to figuring out whether he runs again., but he’s still underwater total.
Is it reasonable to say that we’re all in arrangement that there is not space for anybody else in the Democratic primary aside from Biden unless, of course, he does not run? OK, time to talk about the Republican side of things.
Of those, De, Santis is the only one who (presently) appears capable of defeating Trump should the former president certainly run.
We saw in 2016 that the Republican primaries’ use of winner-take-all or winner-take-most delegate systems assisted Trump quite handily win the election with only a plurality of the primary vote. If you get a number of prospects splitting up the vote not going for Trump, it’s just going to make it much easier for him to win.
You’re not challenging a sitting president, and there definitely appears to be at least some hesitancy over Trump and the concept that he has excessive baggage and may not have the ability to win in a basic election once again. A New York Times/Siena College survey from last month found, for instance, that nearly half of Americans who planned to vote in the 2024 Republican politician primary would pick a candidate besides Trump in a main race.
I’m grateful you raised that poll, because I thought that was a fascinating way to frame the outcomes, as one might also argue from that survey that Trump is still the undeniable leader. He was initially, with 49 percent assistance, and De, Santis remained in 2nd, at 25 percent.
There is absolutely more room for an opposition to Trump than to Biden, but Trump would still be preferred. According to a recent Politico/Morning Consult survey, 56 percent of Republican politician and independent registered citizens stated they would support Trump, while 18 percent stated they would support De, Santis, 8 percent stated they would support Pence and a lot of other candidates all got 2 percent or less.
According to that You, Gov/Yahoo News survey I pointed out previously, Trump beats De, Santis 44 percent to 35 percent among registered voters in a direct match. Absolutely, but this point (from the Times reporting on the poll) was an intriguing comparison to me: “His share of the Republican main electorate is less than Hillary Clinton’s among Democrats was at the start of the 2016 race.” Of course, Clinton ultimately won that race, but it wasn’t a warranty Sanders offered her a real run for her money.
The Times might have likewise compared Trump to Gore’s position in 1999. That said, De, Santis is clearly a legitimate hazard to Trump; a 9-point lead in the polls is not secure.
I understand we had a chat back in the day about whether Trump’s grip on the GOP is still strong. At the time, I stated that Trump may be weaker than some wish to admit, but after Tuesday night’s results most especially Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney’s primary loss paired with the fates of the 9 other Republicans who voted to impeach the previous president I in fact think it’ll be truly tough for another Republican to cut through his power.