Democratic support for Biden in 2024 surges after midterms; Trump takes a hit: USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll – By Susan Page (USA Today) / Nov 20, 2022
The number of Democratic voters who believe that Joe Biden could win the 2024 White House race has jumped to 71%, up by double digits from the 60% who felt that way in a poll taken in August.
- Democrats split 50%-50% over whether Biden should seek a second term.
- Most Republicans want Trump to run, but fewer than before.
- The top issue on Americans’ minds hasn’t changed: Inflation.
President Joe Biden’s backing among Democrats to run for reelection has been significantly boosted in the wake of better-than-expected midterm results, a new USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds, while Donald Trump’s standing among Republicans has been dented.
The number of Democratic voters who believe that Biden could win the 2024 race for the White House has jumped to 71%, up by double digits from the 60% who felt that way in a poll taken in August.
Now 75% of Republicans say Trump could win the next election, still a bit higher than Biden among their partisans. But that is seven percentage points lower than the 82% of Republicans who held that view of the former president before the midterms.
