Yeah, Sarah, I would be surprised if a popular Democrat runs versus Biden. I would not be shocked, though, if he decreases to run for reelection.
If Trump were to suddenly wait to announce or were even to drift the idea he won’t run that might make complex Biden’s decision-making process if he is thinking about not running again. I think I’m simply doubtful that Biden would toss in the towel without an apparent heir obvious in spite of his age.
(After all, he beat Trump in 2020.) I’m not sure how much the information backs that up. According to a You, Gov/Yahoo News poll from the start of the month, registered voters picked Biden over Trump 45 percent to 42 percent. But they also picked Harris over Trump 45 percent to 44 percent.
And that’s before even entering into the reality that 2024 is two years away and early general-election surveys are quite worthless. It largely depends on the pollster regarding whether Biden leads or Trump leads, but on balance, Biden might lead somewhat more often than not. I do believe, however, some Democrats think anyone besides Biden might 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 authorize of the job Biden is doing as president.
Where Biden goes from here back up or stagnant could be essential to figuring out whether he runs once again., however he’s still undersea general.
Is it reasonable to say that we’re all in contract that there is not space for anybody else in the Democratic main aside from Biden unless, of course, he doesn’t run? OK, time to talk about the Republican side of things.
Ron De, Santis, previous Vice President Mike Pence, previous UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, previous Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan all seem to be lining up to run. But, of those, De, Santis is the only one who (currently) seems capable of beating Trump needs to the previous president undoubtedly run.
After all, we saw in 2016 that the Republican primaries’ use of winner-take-all or winner-take-most delegate systems assisted Trump quite conveniently win the election with only a plurality of the main vote. So if you get a variety of candidates dividing 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 idea that he has excessive luggage and may not be able to win in a basic election again. A New York Times/Siena College poll from last month found, for example, that practically half of Americans who prepared to enact the 2024 Republican primary would pick a candidate other than Trump in a primary race.
I’m thankful you brought up that poll, due to the fact that I thought that was an intriguing way to frame the results, as one could also argue from that poll that Trump is still the undisputed leader. He was first, with 49 percent support, and De, Santis remained in 2nd, at 25 percent.
There is definitely more space for an opposition to Trump than to Biden, but Trump would still be preferred. According to a current Politico/Morning Consult poll, 56 percent of Republican and independent registered citizens said they would support Trump, while 18 percent stated they would support De, Santis, 8 percent said they would support Pence and a bunch of other prospects all got 2 percent or less.
According to that You, Gov/Yahoo News poll I pointed out previously, Trump beats De, Santis 44 percent to 35 percent among registered citizens in a direct matchup. Absolutely, but this point (from the Times reporting on the poll) was an interesting contrast to me: “His share of the Republican main electorate is less than Hillary Clinton’s amongst Democrats was at the beginning of the 2016 race.” Obviously, Clinton eventually won that race, however it wasn’t a warranty Sanders offered her a real run for her cash.
The Times could have also compared Trump to Gore’s position in 1999. That said, De, Santis is clearly a legitimate threat to Trump; a 9-point lead in the surveys is not protect.
I know we had a chat in the past about whether Trump’s grip on the GOP is still strong. At the time, I stated that Trump might be weaker than some would like to admit, however after Tuesday night’s results most significantly Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney’s main loss combined with the fates of the 9 other Republicans who voted to impeach the former president I actually believe it’ll be actually tough for another Republican to cut through his power.