Should Democrats ditch President Joe Biden in 2024? A recent poll shows that many might be willing to.
Most Democrats and Democrat-leaning independent voters who participated in the recent NPR-PBS NewsHour-Marist poll think selecting a presidential nominee who isn’t the sitting president would give the party a better chance at winning the 2024 election.
According to the poll, 44 percent of the overall group thought that it would be more likely for Democrats to win the next election with a different candidate and 36 percent thought Biden would have a better chance. From Oct. 18 to Oct. 22, 1,032 registered voters nationwide participated in the poll.
Those who identified as Democrats were split evenly at 41 percent between Biden and another candidate’s chances. Those who identified as independent had a less rosy outlook for the president, with 51 percent predicting that another candidate would do better.
Poll respondents were also asked if they approved of the job Biden is doing as president so far. Overall 44 percent said they did and 49 percent said they did not. Another 8 percent said they were unsure.
The Hill reported Tuesday that a Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released exclusively to the outlet found Biden’s approval rating was at 43 percent. This is slightly higher than the 42 percent approval rating found in an NBC Poll released Sunday.
Biden’s approval rating began to slip significantly after U.S. troops pulled out of a nearly two-decade occupation of Afghanistan. As the U.S. left, the Taliban took over the country and ensuing chaos led to the death of U.S. military personnel and Afghan civilians. According to a previous Marist poll, Biden’s approval rating dropped 6 percent from August to September in the wake of this incident.
A COVID-19 infection spike over the summer and lingering supply chain issues haven’t helped.
While most people polled had a less than stellar outlook on Biden, most people favored his party for Congressional races. When asked what party they would vote for in their Congressional district, 44 percent of respondents said they would vote for a Democrat, versus 41 percent who said they would vote Republican.
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