Democrats are more enthusiastic about KAMALA than Biden – who is running neck-and-neck with Trump: New poll shows worrying signs for president – even though his party is more on board
- President Joe Biden has improved his standing with Democratic voters, with 45 percent saying they wanted the president to be the 2024 nominee
- Yet only 20 percent of Democrats said they were enthusiastic about the president’s reelection bid
- The poll found that Biden and former President Donald Trump are tied at 43 percent in a general election
President Joe Biden has shored up support with voters in his party, but they’re not enthusiastic – and he’s neck-and-neck with former President Donald Trump, according to a poll released Tuesday.
A New York Times/Siena College poll found that just 20 percent of Democrats said they’d be enthusiastic with Biden as the party’s 2024 nominee, with a bigger number – 26 percent – saying they’d be pumped if Vice President Kamala Harris topped the ticket.
That being said, Biden’s numbers have improved from the two-thirds of Democrats who said last year that they wanted a different nominee.
Now 45 percent of Democratic primary voters said they preferred Biden, while 50 percent opted for a new candidate – with young voters most eager to move on from the 80-year-old president.
In a Biden-Trump rematch, both candidates were tied at 43 percent support.
While President Joe Biden (left) has improved his standing among Democratic voters from last year, he’s neck-and-neck with former President Donald Trump (right) in a new poll produced by The New York Times and Siena College
Democratic primary voters were slightly more enthusiastic about Vice President Kamala Harris leading than ticket than President Joe Biden
Biden remains more popular with independents, 42 percent to Trump’s 37 percent.
He also wins women, black voters, voters under 30 and Latinos, but barely, as Republicans have made inroads in Hispanic communities in recent cycles.
While he has a 10-point advantage with voters between the ages of 18 and 29 when stacked up next to Trump, young Democrats are the bloc who are most ready to move on.
A whopping 80 percent of voters younger than 30 said they’d like to see Democrats nominate a different person.
On the flip side, 70 percent of voters older than 65 said they’d like to see Biden as the nominee.
While 50 percent of white and black voters said they’d like to see Biden stay on as the nominee, a slightly higher group of Latino voters, 62 percent, said they’d like to see Democrats choose somebody else.
When Democrats were asked why they were reluctant to renominate Biden, 39 percent expressed concerns about his age.
Another 20 percent didn’t like the job he had done.
Just 5 percent expressed concerns about his ‘mental acuity,’ while Democrats broadly viewed Biden as electable, with only 4 percent fearing he couldn’t win the general election again.
While only one-fifth of Democratic voters said they were enthusiastic about Biden being renominated, 51 percent said they were ‘satisfied but not enthusiastic’ about that happening.
Harris’ numbers were just slightly better.
Twenty-six percent said they’d be enthusiastic about her becoming the nominee, while 41 percent said they’d be ‘satisfied but not enthusiastic.’
Just 5 percent said they’d be upset with Harris leading the ticket, while 22 percent said they’d be dissatisfied but not upset.