- Democrats split 50%-50% over whether Biden should seek a second term.
- Most Republicans want Trump to run, but fewer than before.
- The top issue on Americans’ minds hasn’t changed: Inflation.
President Joe Biden’s backing among Democrats to run for reelection has been significantly boosted in the wake of better-than-expected midterm results, a new USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds, while Donald Trump’s standing among Republicans has been dented.
The number of Democratic voters who believe that Biden could win the 2024 race for the White House has jumped to 71%, up by double digits from the 60% who felt that way in a poll taken in August.
Now 75% of Republicans say Trump could win the next election, still a bit higher than Biden among their partisans. But that is seven percentage points lower than the 82% of Republicans who held that view of the former president before the midterms.
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“Pre-midterms, Trump had an advantage with his base headed towards 2024,” said Clifford Young, president of U.S. Public Affairs at Ipsos. “Now, post-midterms, Trump has been winged and Democrats are more confident in Biden, setting this up to be a close fight. The race is on.”
Biden’s biggest gains since August were among voters under 35 (to 69% from 53%) and among women (to 71% from 55%).
The survey of 2,004 adults was taken Nov. 15-16, a week after Election Day, as it became clear Democrats had kept control of the…
