President Joe Biden, joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, after delivering remarks on the CDC's updated guidance on mask wearing for vaccinated individuals Thursday, May 13, 2021, in the Rose Garden of the White House. (Official White House photo by Adam Schultz)
(WASHINGTON POST) -- WASHINGTON -- In late February we were all preoccupied with events elsewhere in the world - so you would be forgiven for having missed even a very interesting poll about U.S. politics. (We did, and we write about these things for a living.)
The poll, from YouGov, asked about the 2024 Democratic presidential primary; only 21% of Democratic-leaning voters said their choice was the incumbent Democratic president, Joe Biden. That put him barely ahead of the 18% who said they weren't sure whom they supported; Vice President Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders each had 14% shares.
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This is not normal. We've seen some evidence that Democrats aren't sold on nominating Biden for a second term, including a poll in November showing a majority of Democrats didn't want him to run again. But lots of Republicans say the same about a repeat run for Donald Trump in 2024 - yet he's the clear front-runner when you pit him against actual would-be opponents.
