United States President Joe Biden is struggling to shore up support from young voters to seek a second term despite gaining popularity among other voters based on a recent poll.
The poll, which was released on Thursday by CNN/SSRS, found that 40% of likely Democratic voters wanted to have Biden as their presidential nominee for the 2024 elections. The number is a 15-point increase after a previous CNN poll in the summer that found 25% of Democratic voters supporting the president for a second term.
Joe Biden's Poll Results
However, the boost to overall voter support comes amid a 5% decrease from a CNN poll last January that showed 45% of Democratic voters wanted Biden as the next nominee. The number of left-wing voters of color seeking a new candidate to represent the Democratic Party in the 2024 election has, in the last few months, significantly jumped from 43% to 53%.
Roughly 74% of Democrats aged 34 and below are expressing their desire to have a candidate other than Biden as the nominee. On the other hand, 43% of citizens aged 65 and up hoped that there would be a new candidate on the ballot for the Democratic Party, as per Fox News.
The Democratic president, who will be 82 years old by the time of the next election, has not yet officially announced if he will seek re-election in the 2024 race. However, he had said that he will make a decision on the matter after the holidays.
Roughly 72% of Democrats who said that they would like a different candidate as the 2024 presidential nominee did not specify any individual to take Biden's place. Among the voters who wanted a different candidate than Biden, 5% wanted Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to run.
According to MSN, the situation comes as Biden's potential 2024 presidential rival from the GOP, former United States President Donald Trump, was found to have a significantly lower approval rating. A recent poll showed that the Republican businessman had only 31% of registered voters supporting him, while 59% disapproved of his running.
Presidential Election Support
Support for Trump declined among Republican and independent voters, specifically. However, 70% of GOP voters still had a favorable view of the former president, with only 20% viewing him unfavorably.
In a statement, Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy wondered whether the change in support for Trump was a ripple of doubt or a growing tidal wave of rejection. He noted that the former president's post-presidential announcement numbers were going in the wrong direction.
Recently, the prospect of Trump becoming the next GOP presidential nominee has been cast into doubt. Some Republicans are now seeking to distance themselves from the former president amid various speculation about a potential challenge from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Furthermore, a growing number of Americans have been found to have little appetite for a 2020 rematch between Biden and Trump in the 2024 elections. However, as support for the former president dwindles, many Republican-aligned voters said that they would vote for Trump if he does become the GOP nominee, CNN reported.
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