Most Americans are not looking forward to a rematch between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in 2024 and want other candidates instead, a new poll reveals.
A hypothetical head-to-heads matchup between the president and his predecessor, however, shows that Trump would win by 3 percent, which is within the margin of error.
If Biden ran for a second term in 2024, 30 percent of Americans said they would be ‘angry’, while another 32 percent said that they would be ‘dissatisfied but not angry,’ according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll released Sunday.
Only 7 percent of respondents said they would be ‘enthusiastic’ if Biden won reelection and 29 percent said while they would be ‘satisfied’, they would not be enthusiastic.
The prospects weren’t much better for another Trump presidency.
Thirty-six percent of the 1,003 people polled said they would be ‘angry’ if he won four more years while 20 percent said they would be ‘dissatisfied.’
A new poll shows that Americans are not looking forward to the prospects of a 2020 rematch between President Joe Biden (right) and his predecessor Donald Trump (left)
The ABC News/Washington Post poll shows that only 7% of voters are ‘enthusiastic’ about a Biden reelection bid while 17% feel the same about a second term with Trump
Meanwhile, the former president did fare better with the positive side of the spectrum than Biden with 17 percent saying they would be enthusiastic for another Trump White House and 26 percent saying they would be satisfied.
Trump was not pleased with the latest poll, responding with ire on his social media website Truth Social on Sunday morning by employing his insulting monikers for two outlets that conducted the poll – ‘ABC fake news’ and the ‘Washington compost.’
‘For all of my many supporters, and the number is higher than ever before, I am pleased to report that ‘our’ Poll numbers are Excellent,’ Trump insisted in his post.
‘Polls are important, but many have proven to be so corrupt, wrong, or incompetent in the past,’ he added, ‘especially, those of ABC FAKE NEWS/WASHINGTON COMPOST; FOX FAKE NEWS; and NBC FAKE NEWS/GLOBALIST STREET JOURNAL, that they have become somewhat meaningless, just a political weapon. CNN Polls no longer matter in that so few people are watching CNN (and MSDNC) anymore!’
The poll found that among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independent voters, 58 percent would want a different candidate than Biden as their nominee in the 2024 presidential election. On the other side, 31 percent said they support Biden.
When it comes to Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, 49 percent said they would prefer a different candidate than Trump to be their nominee versus the 44 percent who want another Trump White House bid.
Both on the Democrat and Republican side, the support for the respective presidents is essentially unchanged since the same poll taken in September.
Trump blasted the polling in a tweet Sunday morning, claiming that the major news outlets ‘have proven to be so corrupt, wrong or incompetent’ that it yields all polling ‘somewhat meaningless’ and ‘just a political weapon’
Respondents said for the most part that they want to see other primary candidates in 2024. Trump-era Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley (pictured) will announce her candidacy this month in South Carolina, where she formerly served as governor
While it’s unclear whether any Democrats will be bold enough to take on Biden should he announce a reelection bid, which has not yet officially happened, there are several Republicans showing interest in launching a bid against Trump.
So far, Trump is the only major Republican to announce his 2024 candidacy. But his former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, is announcing her bid later this month.
Others are also making visits to early primary contest states like New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina – signaling more impending bids are coming.
This includes the likes of former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, among others.
Many Republicans want to see highly popular Florida Governor Ron DeSantis run for the White House. Trump has made him public enemy No. 1 by launching a series of attack-lines against DeSantis in recent weeks when officially hitting the 2024 campaign trail.
A one-versus-one matchup in the poll shows that this time around Trump would win against Biden.
Forty-eight percent of registered voters said they would favor Trump if Biden were the other option, while 45 percent said they would cast their ballot for the current president’s reelection. The 3 percent gap is within the poll’s four-point margin of error.
Independent voters, possibly the most important voting bloc in recent national elections, favor Trump by nine percentage points at a 50%-41% split.
