Donald Trump would beat Joe Biden and Kamala Harris by 2024, according to a new poll released Friday.
Trump, who announced his candidacy in November, would get 46 percent of the vote and Biden 41 percent, the poll showed.
The former president would do even better against Harris, winning 49 percent of support compared to Harris’ 39 percent.
The poll was conducted for The Hill on February 15-16 by a team for Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll.
The pollsters spoke to 1,838 registered voters.
Joe Biden would lose to Donald Trump, according to a new poll released Friday
Kamala Harris would also lose to Trump, the new poll showed
Trump, 76, also defeated other Republican rivals in the poll.
Only Nikki Haley has so far declared her intention to challenge him, but in a backflush Trump beats them all.
He won 37 percent of support, with 19 percent supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis – who is yet to enter the race but is widely expected to do so in the spring.
Haley would gain seven percent and be third in the list – a rise in the rankings thanks to what was considered a relatively successful campaign launch.
Haley took a swipe at Trump during her 2024 opener on Wednesday when she didn’t say his name once during her speech.
Trump quickly fired off a sarcastic response, taunting her on his Truth Social platform for “taking polls at 1 percent” and reminding her that she had promised not to run against him in 2021 because he was “the best president.” of my life”.
On Thursday, the Republican National Committee announced it would formally present a plan at its annual meeting next week to bar Republican presidential candidates from the debate stage this summer if they don’t sign a pledge to endorse the final presidential nominee.
The proposal leads to a possible clash with Trump, who has raised the possibility of leaving the Republican Party and launching an independent candidacy if he doesn’t win the GOP nomination outright.
While RNC officials and Trump aides downplay that possibility, such a move could wreck the GOP’s 2024 White House aspirations and raise existential questions about the party’s future.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to enter the race in the spring
Nikki Haley is seen on February 15 at her first campaign event since officially entering the race
“After the primary, it is imperative to the health and growth of our Republican Party and the country that we all come together and unite behind our nominee to defeat Joe Biden and the Democrats,” RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said in one Testimony to The Associated Press when asked about the pledge of allegiance.
Up to a dozen Republicans are expected to contest the 2024 presidential campaign as the GOP prepares for a full-scale civil war in the coming months.
Much of the party is eager to get past Trump and his divisive policies, but in reality, given his popularity with the GOP’s most fervent voters, Republican leaders have few, if any, tools to control the former president.
RNC leaders hope that a pledge of loyalty, though ultimately unenforceable, would inspire a shared commitment to unity, albeit a fragile one, as the presidential primary season begins.
“President Trump is the undisputed leader of the Republican Party and will be the nominee,” said Steven Cheung, spokesman for the Trump campaign.
“There is no one who can match President Trump’s energy or the enthusiasm he receives from Americans of all backgrounds.”