Most Democrats say ditch Biden as 2024 nominee: poll

A MAJORITY of US Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents want the party to replace President Joe Biden as its nominee in the 2024 presidential election, according to a Washington Post-ABC poll reported on Sunday (Sep 25).

Just 35 per cent of this group prefer Biden for the nomination, while 56 per cent say the Democratic Party should pick someone else, the poll showed. Among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, 47 per cent back former president Donald Trump for the 2024 nomination and 46 per cent prefer that it be someone else.

The survey put Biden’s overall approval rating at 39 per cent, with disapproval at 53 per cent. On his handling of the economy, approval was at 36 per cent and disapproval at 57 per cent.

Looking to midterm elections this November, 47 per cent of registered voters polled would cast their House district vote for a Republican and 46 per cent for a Democrat, about the same result as in April, the Washington Post said.

The poll was conducted between Sep 18 and 21 on a random national sample of 1,006 US adults, including 908 registered voters, with a margin of sampling error of 3.5 percentage points. BLOOMBERG