Democrats have long been extremely anti-Trump. Now, however, the former president is polling mildly better among some of his ideological opponents. Will this give him an edge over Biden should he secure the Republican nomination?
From Newsweek. Democrats may be changing their minds about former President Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 presidential election, according to a new poll.
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Trump has long received low marks from Democrats, who have long opposed him on a wide range of issues including immigration, abortion rights and the economy, but a Harvard/Harris CAPS poll released this week found that Democrats’ general approval of the former president has risen since he left office in January 2021.
The survey comes amid a tense battle for the presidency, as Trump continues to hold a substantial polling lead in the Republican primary race over former South Carolina Governor and ex-United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley. …
Twenty-nine percent of Democrats said they either “somewhat” or “strongly” approve of “the job that Donald Trump did as president,” according to the poll, which surveyed 2,022 voters from February 21 to 22.
This is still a relatively low number, as 70 percent of Democrats still said they disapproved of Trump’s presidential job performance.
But it represents a shift from January 2020, when the Harvard/Harris CAPS poll posed the same question in their monthly poll. …
At that point, only 14 percent of Democrats said they approved of Trump’s job performance. That poll surveyed 2,527 voters from January 27 to 29, 2020. …
The poll serves as the latest warning sign for Biden as he aims to secure victory in the November election. …
Biden has seen low poll numbers in a head-to-head against Trump in recent surveys, has faced progressive backlash over his handling of the war between Israel and Hamas that threatens to hurt his campaign in key states, and has fielded questions about his age. …
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(Excerpt from Newsweek. Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America – Donald Trump, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons)