President Joe Biden’s net approval rating decreased by over four points in the first half of 2023, and the news just keeps getting worse.
An Echelon Insights survey of 472 likely Democrat voters found that a whopping one-third said they would support another candidate other than President Joe Biden in a Democratic primary ahead of the 2024 election.
The survey found that 60 percent said they would “definitely” or “probably” back Biden in a Democratic presidential primary if the vote took place today. Another 33% indicated they would choose to support a different Democrat, while 7% said they were undecided.
“In the same poll, Biden receives more support when the names of two Democratic primary challengers—environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nephew of President John F. Kennedy and son of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and self-help author Marianne Williamson—are included in a question about who voters would back in a Democratic presidential primary,” Newsweek reported.
Other recent polls have found similar results, with things going so badly for the Biden administration that some Democrats want someone else in 2024.
“The analysis indicates Biden has gone from a net approval rating of -8.0 on January 1 to -11.9 on June 27, a fall of 3.9 points. However, he hasn’t fallen to the level of his lowest point, when he had an approval rating of -19.7 in July 2022, according to data from the polling analysis website FiveThirtyEight,” Newsweek reported.
“In April, Biden formally announced he is seeking a second term in the White House, with polling showing he is the firm frontrunner to be the Democrats’ 2024 presidential candidate, potentially setting up a rematch against Donald Trump. Thus Biden’s personal popularity is likely to play a key role in determining who serves as president from January 2025 onwards,” the outlet added.
A separate poll found Biden’s job approval is stagnant and Vice President Kamala Harris has a low approval rating as the 2024 election creeps closer.
“President Biden’s disapproval rating has ticked up to include a slim majority of voters, according to a poll. In an Emerson College poll released Thursday, 51 percent of respondents said they disapprove of Biden’s performance as president, up 2 percentage points from April. Just 41 percent of voters approved of Biden’s job as president, which is consistent with the April poll,” The Hill reported.
“Biden has been fundraising for his reelection campaign in California as part of a travel blitz to raise money ahead of his first 2024 campaign finance report in July. The poll also found that 73 percent of Democratic primary voters would vote for Biden, which is much higher compared to his Democratic primary challengers. Only 15 percent of voters said they would vote for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and 3 percent would vote for Marianne Williamson,” the outlet added.
A previous Monmouth University poll found similar results.
“The survey, released Tuesday, finds 41% of Americans approve of Biden’s job as president, while 51% disapprove, which is only a slight dip from Biden’s 43% approval rating in January (though the change is well within the poll’s margin of error). Just over a third of those surveyed — 36% — approve of Harris’ job as vice president, while 53% disapprove,” NBC News reported.
“But Biden and Harris still receive high marks from Democrats as Biden gears up for an expected re-election campaign launch this spring. Just 9% of Democrats disapprove of Biden and 86% approve of his job as president, while 76% approve of Harris and 16% disapprove,” the outlet added.
A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll found that a majority of registered voters believe Biden is “too old for another term” in office. Almost seven out of 10 voters (68%) admitted that the 80-year-old president’s age is a problem for them.
Even worse, the poll shows more Democrats agree rather with that assessment. Roughly 48% of Democrat voters said Biden’s age is an issue, with just 34% saying the president’s age was not a concern for them.
The New York Post detailed more of the findings from the poll: “Eighteen percent of Democrats polled were not sure if Biden was too old for another term. Already the oldest president in US history, Biden would be 86 by the end of his second term if he were to win re-election in 2024. A majority of independents, 71%, also said that age 82 was too old to start a second term as president, which is how old Biden would be on his second Inauguration Day. Biden has not formally declared that he will run for a second term but he has said on several occasions that he intends to seek re-election.”
Around the same time, an AP-NORC poll asked: “Who should lead the Democratic Party?”
Just 12 percent said it ought to be Biden.
“This is a five-alarm fire for the Democratic Party,” Tom Beaven, who founded Real Clear Politics, said of Democrats’ bad polling.