Most Democrats nonetheless need lame-duck Vice President Kamala Harris to be the social gathering’s 2028 presidential nominee — regardless of her crushing defeat by President-elect Donald Trump this election, a brand new ballot reveals.
Roughly 41% of possible Democratic voters mentioned they’d vote for the Veep to be on the high of the Democratic ticket in 4 years — whereas none of her different rivals even hit double digits, in response to the Puck Information/Echelon Insights survey launched Wednesday.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom got here in second, however because the decide for simply 8% of these polled, whereas Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro trailed behind him at 7%.
In the meantime, solely 6% of voters would decide Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz — Harris’ 2024 working mate, the ballot reveals.
A mere 4% of pollsters mentioned they’d again New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez because the social gathering’s most popular candidate, whereas Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer received 3%.
On the alternative facet of the political aisle, 37% of these polled would choose Vice President-elect JD Vance because the possible GOP candidate when Trump’s second time period is up.
Former Republican presidential candidates, Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy, trailed behind at 9%, in response to the ballot.
Roughly 8% would again Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis because the 2028 GOP major.
The ballot was performed from Nov. 14-18 amongst 1,010 possible voters. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 proportion factors.
