A President Nobody Wants to Run Prepares Reelection Bid
Byron York
| Feb 08, 2023
President Joe Biden's State of the Union address was widely seen as both a traditional speech and as the informal, unstated kickoff to his 2024 reelection campaign. But the most striking thing about a Biden 2024 effort, if in fact there is one, is that it is a race few Americans want him to run.
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll found that just 31% of Democrats want Biden to be the party's nominee in 2024. Fifty-eight percent of Democrats want the party to find another candidate. It's important to remember that the party breakdown of all the poll's respondents was 26% Democrat, 25% Republican, 40% independent, 5% other and 3% with no opinion. So that means that just 31% of the 26% of respondents who were Democrats want Biden to run again. Thirty-one percent of 26% is not a lot.
The Post then asked an interesting question, of everybody, and not just Democrats: "How would you feel if Biden is reelected as president in 2024?" A tiny number -- 7% -- said they would feel enthusiastic. Twenty-nine percent said they would feel satisfied, but not enthusiastic -- for a total of 36% who gave answers that could be characterized as positive.
On the other side, 30% said they would feel angry, and 32% said they would feel dissatisfied but not angry -- for a total of 62% who gave answers that could be characterized as negative. That's a nearly 2-to-1 ratio of people who would be unhappy with a Biden reelection.
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