Trump edges Biden, but half of voters want new candidates in 2024 field: poll

While a new poll shows former President Trump narrowly beating President Biden in a hypothetical 2024 match-up, half of the voters surveyed are not satisfied with the current candidates and want to see new faces join the race.

Quinnipiac University’s latest poll released Wednesday showed Trump with 48 percent support for his White House bid — a slight edge over Biden’s 46 percent support. This marked the first time since February that Trump received a higher percentage of support than Biden, Quinnipiac noted. The polling center also added that nearly all polls it has conducted about the 2024 general election have showed close races.

The poll found that more than half of voters, 52 percent, said they would like to see other candidates throw their hats in the ring for the 2024 presidential race. There are at least a dozen candidates making a run for the White House in next year’s election, but just 42 percent said they are satisfied with the current field.

Independents and Democrats are more likely to say they would like to see other candidates enter the field, with 72 and 58 percent, respectively, saying so in the poll. Republicans are more satisfied with their choices, with just 29 percent saying they would like to see more candidates jump in the race.

There are seven Republican candidates, including front-runner Trump, who are vying for the GOP nomination. Trump remains in the lead among Republican primary voters, with 64 percent backing Trump in the new poll.

The poll found that 16 percent of Republican voters support Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, 9 percent support former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and 4 percent back entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie received 2 percent support, while 1 percent backed North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum.

The survey was conducted among 1,574 registered voters Nov. 9-13 and has a margin error of 2.5 percentage points.