By a nearly two-to-one margin (61% to 31%) California voters oppose Joe Biden seeking a second term as President in 2024. Republicans are overwhelmingly against the President running again (87% to 9%), while the state’s registered Democrats are evenly split, with 46% in favor and 46% opposed.
Despite repeated denials that he will become a candidate for president in 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom emerges as one of the leading presidential contenders in his home state should Biden decide not to run for re-election. While none of the Democrats included as possible presidential candidates in the state’s 2024 Democratic primary currently receives substantial voter support in this setting, Newsom and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders top the list with each receiving 13% of the preferences of this state’s Democratic primary voters. CONTINUED
Mark DiCamillo, Berkeley IGS Poll
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