Democrats don’t have anyone else….
He may be old and not flashy…..
But he’s NOT Donald Trump or Ron DeSantis…..
Over 80 percent of Democrats said they would likely vote for President Biden in 2024 despite a minority saying the want him to run for reelection, according to an AP-NORC poll released Friday, improvements on earlier figures.
The poll found that just 26 percent of Americans overall and 47 percent of Democrats want Biden to run for reelection, many citing his age.
Biden is expected to announce his 2024 campaign officially at an event as early as this week, and comes as the president’s approval rating slips below 40 percent this month in a different poll, down from 42 percent last month.
Despite sliding approval, the reelection numbers are improvements from January, when 38 percent of Democrats said they would want Biden to run.
Biden’s support is weakest among younger Democrats, with just 25 percent of those under 45 saying they would “definitely” back the president compared to 56 percent of older Democrats. 51 percent of young Democrats said they would “probably” vote for Biden, according to the poll….
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The unfavorable figures still put Biden in a better position than GOP frontrunner former President Trump. The same poll found that 65 percent of Americans would not vote for Trump in 2024, including 53 percent saying they definitely would not…
image… Elizabeth Flores • liz.flores@Star Tribune