Few things, at the moment, seem to be less popular than President Joe Biden. Top contenders include root canals, body cavity searches, and dinners with in-laws.
Those unpleasantries can’t run for president, but there is one individual who can and seems intent on outshining Biden’s faltering popularity. That individual is “Not Sure,” and it’s now the most popular answer among voters looking at which candidate would be a good choice for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination.
According to a new TIPP poll, among the 2024 Democratic primary field, “Not Sure” seems to be how voters are feeling about a choice between Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and anyone else on the Democratic Party bench:
Stuck with an unpopular president and a weak replacement bench, Democratic voters appear to be throwing their hands up in frustration when it comes to who they would like as their 2024 nominee.
In a new I&I/TIPP poll, just 29% of Democrats picked President Joe Biden. And tied for second at 12% were Vice President Kamala Harris and “Not Sure.”
And that’s Biden’s base. Throw in Republicans and independents, and the president in the national survey drops to 19%, beat handily by “Not Sure” at 28%.
Biden’s unpopularity is an anchor made for an ocean liner among Democratic candidates in the midterms. It may also be a similar anchor for Democrats trying to retain the White House in 2024.
Vice President Kamala Harris doesn’t perform any better, getting only low double-digits and clearly unable to excite the Democratic base about a potential 2024 run to succeed her current boss. Could Democrats really take it away from her? Harris is the presumed defacto 2024 Democratic nominee if Biden chooses not to run. The question remains whether she’ll face a primary of real opposition or simply receive a coronation.
While Biden’s treading water against “Not Sure,” one of his party’s typically loyal demographics is also getting cold feet:
Just 41% of young Americans approve of President Joe Biden’s job performance, according to a new Harvard Institute of Politics poll of adults ages 18-29 released on Monday. That’s down from 46% in fall 2021 and a 59% majority last spring — a trend also seen in other recent surveys.
How bizarre that young voters, trying to enter the workforce, graduate college, and start a life aren’t finding Biden’s economy and record inflation a very welcoming place to be. With the cost of everything soaring to new highs, those just starting out in life have the toughest challenge of getting established and getting ahead while wages remain stagnant and aren’t catching inflation.
Biden’s name has become a toxic brand, one which many Democrats will be staying away from like the plague this November.
