The poll was conducted among registered voters who had previously participated in CNN surveys in April and June, where Trump was leading Biden by 6 points.
According to Newsmax, the poll found:
- 64% said Republicans have a better chance of winning the presidency in 2024 if Trump is the party’s nominee.
- 50% said their vote is more in support of Harris than against Trump, compared to 37% of Biden’s supporters who said their vote was mainly to express support for the president.
- 74% said their vote is to express support for Trump rather than their opposition to Harris.
- Among Harris supporters younger than 45, 43% say their vote is more in support of her than against Trump, up from 28% of Biden voters in that age group who felt the same way about the president in June.
- Democrats and Democrat-leaning voters are split over whether the next nominee should continue Biden’s policies (53%) or take the country in a new direction (47%).
- 88% of Republicans and Republican-leaning voters say Republicans have a better chance to win with Trump at the top of the ticket.
X platform boss and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk wasted no time dumping on Harris after Biden endorsed her.
It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President,” Biden wrote in a letter posted to social media and elsewhere online on Sunday. “And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term.”
Not long afterward, he endorsed Harris. “My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President,” the president said. “And it’s been the best decision I’ve made.