Just 18% of Americans say Biden should run again in 2024: Poll

Nearly two-thirds of Americans say he should retire.

Published: July 13, 2022 4:15pm

Updated: July 13, 2022 4:23pm

Fewer than one-fifth of all Americans believe President Joe Biden should run again in 2024, a new poll shows—a stinging rebuke to the Democratic politician that has worked for most of his life to attain the White House.

The Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that just 18 percent of American adults think Biden should mount another challenge for the White House in 18 months, with 64 percent arguing that he should drop out and let another contender take on Republicans that November.

The survey polled nearly 1,700 adults earlier in the month. The number of adults supportive of another Biden campaign has fallen by seven points since May.

If he declines to run for re-election, Biden would become the first president to do so since Democrat Lyndon Johnson in 1968; he himself has stated he will run again.

Biden himself will be 82 just after the conclusion of the 2024 race.