Trump’s favorability rises after shooting while many Americans want Biden to drop out: Poll 

Former President Trump’s favorability ticked up in a new poll Sunday after the attempted assassination on his life, while the majority of Americans think President Biden should drop out of the race.

According to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll, released Sunday, 40 percent of Americans said they have a favorable impression of Trump — the official Republican presidential nominee — while 51 percent said they have an unfavorable view. Seven percent said they didn’t have an opinion and 2 percent said they do not know.

ABC News reported this is Trump’s highest favorability rating in most of the last four years, which typically saw the rating between the low to mid 30 percent range.

Biden’s numbers were slightly worse, with 32 percent of Americans stating they have a favorable view of the president and 55 percent who said they have an unfavorable view. Nine percent said they don’t have an opinion and 4 percent said they did not know.

As for Biden’s reelection prospects, 61 percent of Americans said he should end his 2024 campaign and have the Democratic party select a different candidate, while 37 percent said he should remain in the race. One percent of respondents skipped the question.

Slightly more Republicans — 44 percent — said Biden should continue his White House bid, compared to 39 percent of Democrats.

Over half of Americans — 55 percent — said they would be dissatisfied with Biden as the presidential Democratic nominee, while about 58 percent of Democrats said they would be satisfied with Biden as the party nominee.

The numbers follow a dramatic few weeks in politics, capped off this week by the Republican National Convention, during which Trump was officially named the party’s presidential nominee. It came just days after Trump was shot at during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, which left his ear wounded and killed one spectator. Two other attendees were injured but are in stable condition.

Biden, meanwhile, is facing increased pressure from leaders within his own party to step aside over concerns about his ability to beat Trump and carry out a second term. The concerns were further fueled by his disastrous debate showing last month, during which his speech frequently halted and he appeared to lose his train of thought.

Biden, 81, has rejected calls to withdraw from the race, maintaining he can defeat Trump in the election.

The ABC News/Ipsos poll was conducted July 19-20 among a sample of 1,141 adults age 18 or older. The margin of sampling error was plus or minus 3.1 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level.