President Biden is in serious trouble with voters.
According to a recent Quinnipiac Poll, nearly half of U.S. voters are open to supporting a third-party candidate in the 2024 election; 47% said they would consider it.
From Bloomberg:
Those findings, in a Quinnipiac University Poll released Wednesday, could open a lane for any spoiler to impact the election as the group No Labels is actively floating the prospect of a third-party bid.
No Labels is currently organized as a centrist advocacy group, not a political party. But the group has openly floated the possibility of fielding a candidate as an alternative to two unpopular major-party candidates. West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, a conservative Democrat, appeared at a No Labels event in New Hampshire this week, fueling speculation he could emerge as that candidate.
Biden isn’t facing a serious challenge for the Democratic nomination, and polls show Trump as the clear frontrunner in the GOP primary.
Biden, though, probably has the most to lose from a third party, because voters who dislike both of the potential major candidates tend to be Democrats or Democratic-leaning independents.
“This Quinnipiac poll is telling the same story other polls have told for months: There is an unprecedented opening for an independent ticket in 2024,” said No Labels spokeswoman Maryanne Martini.
Joe Biden’s RealClearPolitics job disapproval is sitting at 53%.
More over at Bloomberg:
Voters who dislike both of the potential major candidates tend to be Democrats or Democratic-leaning independents https://t.co/HFtVTBLXOA
— Bloomberg (@business) July 19, 2023