Majority don’t want Joe Biden to run for re-election in 2024


The majority of likely voters in the United States do not want President Joe Biden to run for re-election in 2024, according to a poll found on the eve of his State of the Union address.

The Rasmussen Reports poll released on Friday found that 56% of respondents do not want Biden to run for re-election as he is past halfway through his presidency and his State of the Union is slated for this Tuesday. By comparison, 32% say he would run for a second term, while 12% are unsure.

By party, 53% of Democrats said Biden should run for office in 2024, while just 17% of Republicans and 26% of independents said the same. By comparison, 76% of Republican respondents said he should not run for office, while 25% of Democrats and 51% of independent respondents said the same.

It also comes as Biden – who would be 86 at the end of a second term – has still not officially announced whether he will run for a second term in 2024. However, he recently teased reporters that to run during his vacation in Virgo. Islands with family members. It was reported that he was preparing a team for 2024.

President Joe Biden speaks with Vice President Kamala Harris after speaking at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

The poll also found that only 39% of those polled want Vice President Kamala Harris to remain Biden’s running mate in 2024 if he runs for a second term. By comparison, 48% of respondents said they didn’t want to see Harris as a running mate, and 13% said they weren’t sure.

The Rasmussen Reports poll was conducted from January 31 to February 2 with 900 respondents. The poll had a 3% margin of error and a 95% confidence level.

Another poll reported over the weekend by the Washington Post and ABC News found former President Donald Trump, a Republican, had the edge over the current president. The poll found that of 1,003 Americans polled from Jan. 27 to Feb. 1, and a margin of error of 3.5%, 48% would choose Trump in a hypothetical game in 2024, while only 45% said Biden.

One percent said they would vote for someone else, three percent would vote for no candidate, two percent would not vote, and one percent had no opinion.

Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. Write to him at jbliss@breitbart.com or follow him on Twitter @JacobMBliss.



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