(Headline USA) A new poll found this week that former President Donald Trump would beat both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris if he were to run against either of them in 2024.
The survey from Harvard CAPS-Harris revealed that 47% of voters would back Trump while only 41% would support Biden if the 2024 presidential election were held this year.
Harris performs even worse in the hypothetical match-up. Nearly 50% of voters said they would choose Trump, while 38% said they would support Harris.
“I would not give a lot of weight to trial heats right now other than they reflect the weakness of Biden and the administration right now,” Mark Penn, co-director of the survey, said.
“That Trump beats them both by a wide margin suggests most Republican nominees once known fully by the public would beat them unless they are able to pivot out of the current nadir in their numbers.”
Trump has not committed to running for the White House again, but he continues to hint that that is his intention. He is still the favored candidate among Republican voters, with 59% saying they would support him over another Republican nominee. Former Vice President Mike Pence and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are Republicans’ next top choice.
Last year, Trump made it clear that even if he does not run again, Republicans will be successful in 2024.
“I stand before you this evening filled with confidence that in 2022, we are going to take back the House and we are going to reclaim the Senate — and then in 2024, a Republican candidate is going to win the White House,” he said at the Republican National Committee’s summit in 2021.
The key to a GOP victory in both 2022 and 2024 is “to build on the gains our amazing movement has made over the past four years,” Trump continued.
“Under our leadership, we welcomed millions upon millions of new voters into the Republican coalition. We transformed the Republican Party into a party that truly fights for all Americans,” he said.
