China News Service, July 29. According to the US "Capitol Hill" report, a new poll shows that if US President Biden chooses not to run in the 2024 election, Vice President Harris and California Governor Gavin Newsom ( Gavin Newsom) will be the top two Democratic presidential favorites.
FILE PHOTO: US Vice President Harris and California Governor Gavin Newsom.
According to reports, a poll jointly released by the US media NewsNation and the US election forecasting agency Decision Desk HQ shows that if Biden does not run, 31% of the surveyed Democrats are most inclined to Harris becoming the Democratic President in 2024. Candidate, Newsom received 17% of the people's choice, ranking second.
Senator Bernie Sanders, who is closest to Biden in the 2020 primary, has 13 percent support, as does Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who also ran in 2020. 10% support.
Other candidates mentioned in the poll include U.S. Congressman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's approval rating is less than 10%.
In addition, the poll results also show that overall, 30% of Democrats and 61% of the overall respondents do not want Biden to be re-elected.
However, White House press secretary Carin Jean-Pierre previously said that Biden would run for re-election in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
The poll was conducted July 22-24 among 1,000 registered voters.