The poll found that if the 2024 election were held today, 45 percent of respondents would vote for Trump in a race against Biden, who garnered the support of 41 percent of respondents, while 14 percent were unsure or not sure. he knew In a hypothetical Trump-Harris matchup, the Trump lead expands to 7 percentage points. Forty-seven percent said they would support Trump, compared to 40 percent for Harris and 13 percent who were unsure or didn’t know. Mark Penn, the co-director of the Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll, noted how Biden would be a weaker candidate in a race against Trump today than he was in 2020. “Biden is a very weak Democratic candidate and would even lose the popular vote in a runoff today,” Penn said. “Trump is a long way from 50 percent support and there is a lot of undecided voting despite everyone knowing the candidates because the public wants news and more of the same.” The poll comes as Biden’s approval rating remains around the lowest point of his presidency. The poll found his approval rating at 38 percent, unchanged from when pollsters asked the question a month ago. Biden and White House officials have repeatedly said the president intends to run in 2024 if his health permits. Trump, meanwhile, has moved closer to another bid for the White House, but some Republican lawmakers have publicly suggested that Trump should wait to announce until after the midterm elections to avoid shifting the focus away from inflation when voters head to the polls in November. The favorability ratings of the two presidents and Harris, however, all remain underwater. 37% of respondents said they had a favorable view of Biden, compared to 44% of Trump. Just thirty-six percent of voters said they had a favorable view of Harris. A majority of respondents said they did not want Trump or Biden to run in 2024. GOP governor: Jan. 6 panel showed Trump dereliction of duty, but not criminal behavior Chris Cuomo’s new podcast among Apple’s top shows Nearly 7 in 10 respondents — 69 percent — said Biden should not run for a second term, while 59 percent of respondents said Trump should not run. The poll was conducted online July 27-28 among 1,885 registered voters in a partnership between the Center for American Policy Studies at Harvard University and the Harris Poll. The survey is weighted to reflect known demographics and as a representative online sample, it does not report a confidence interval of probabilities.
