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Poll Shows Trump Leading Biden in Decisive States

Voters in battlegrounds suggest they're switching sides this time

(Newser) - Donald Trump leads Joe Biden in five of the six swing states that figure to be critical to winning the 2024 presidential election, a new poll shows, with voters expressing concern or unhappiness over the president's age and job performance. At the same time, the New York Times reports,...

As 2024 Looms, Schwarzenegger Reveals Who &#39;Stands Out&#39;
Schwarzenegger:
Here's Who Should
Run for President
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Nov 4, 2023 12:10 PM CDT

Schwarzenegger: Here's Who Should Run for President

His pick for the White House is not a presidential candidate at the moment

(Newser) - Who is Arnold Schwarzenegger currently liking as the next US president? Someone who's not actually running for president, though he's left the door open for that to change. "Joe Manchin is one of them that I think stands out because he's kind of like a center...

Poll: More Than a Fifth of Voters Would Choose RFK Jr.

He's leading among younger voters, independents

(Newser) - If the results of a new Quinnipiac University poll hold true in the election next year, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be the most successful third-party candidate since 27% of voters chose Teddy Roosevelt in 1912. The poll put Kennedy, who dropped his Democratic primary bid last month to run...

Trump's Favorite Line of Attack on Biden May Have a Problem

Ex-president is making fair share of public blunders; critics like DeSantis are calling him out

(Newser) - One of former President Trump's favorite campaign themes is that 80-year-old President Biden is too old and prone to gaffes to win reelection. But a new theme in coverage of the 2024 election is that Trump, who's 77, is undercutting his argument by making quite a few public...

In Iowa, Good News for Haley, at the Expense of DeSantis

She catches him for second place, but both are well behind Donald Trump

(Newser) - A new Republican poll focuses not on voters nationwide but on those in Iowa, though the results are the same: Former President Trump leads by a mile. The more interesting wrinkle is the battle for second place, with Nikki Haley surging into a tie with Ron DeSantis, according to the...

Another Dem Jumping in the Race Against Biden

Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips plans to announce he's taking on president from his own party

(Newser) - President Biden already has a slew of Republicans vying for his job in the Oval Office— including the current frontrunner from that party, former President Trump—as well as fellow Democrats Marianne Williamson and Cenk Uygur , and independent candidates Cornel West and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Now, another Dem is...

GOP Presidential Field Shrinks as Larry Elder Withdraws

Talk show host endorses Trump

(Newser) - A Republican presidential candidate and talk radio host has ended his campaign. Larry Elder said Thursday that he's throwing his support to Donald Trump, the AP reports. It's not clear how much weight Elder's endorsement will carry; he didn't qualify to participate in either GOP debate....

Romney: I Won't Run for Prez Unless Godzilla Intervenes

But he describes Trump as a 'failure of character'

(Newser) - Sen. Mitt Romney is no fan of former President Trump but he doesn't plan on challenging the GOP frontrunner for the presidential nomination, except under what would be truly unprecedented circumstances. "Perhaps if Godzilla comes in and removes all the other candidates and so forth," the 76-year-old...

Haley Catches DeSantis; RFK Jr. May Hurt Trump

Poll shows a statistical tie for second, suggests Kennedy's run costs Trump a narrow lead

(Newser) - The 2024 Republican race is a nail-biter—but only for second place. A new USA Today /Suffolk University poll shows that Nikki Haley has caught Ron DeSantis—the former UN ambassador and South Carolina governor is at 11%, while DeSantis is at 12%, within the margin of error. What's...

California's Newest Senator Makes Her Decision on 2024

Laphonza Butler won't seek election to a full term next year

(Newser) - Newly appointed California Democratic Sen. Laphonza Butler announced Thursday she will not seek election to a full term in 2024, avoiding what would have been a costly and bruising race for the seat held for three decades by the late Dianne Feinstein, the AP reports. Butler—who was named earlier...

Poll Suggests RFK Jr. Could Swing Race for Biden

President gains 7-point lead over Trump in hypothetical 3-way contest

(Newser) - When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced last week that he was dropping out of the Democratic race to run for president as an independent, some analysts said his run could be more of a problem for President Biden than former President Trump. The latest NPR/PBS Newshour/ Marist poll, however, suggests...

Things Are Looking Grim for Mike Pence

Latest FEC filings show former VP's campaign is in the red

(Newser) - FEC filings were due at midnight Sunday, and they begin to tell a tale of the Republican presidential primary. As Politico reports, the campaign of former VP Mike Pence is "running on fumes," with just $1.2 million in the coffers and more than $600,000 in debt....

Biden Gets Another Democratic Challenger

Progressive media host Cenk Uygur is in, and says the president can't win a general election

(Newser) - The same week President Biden lost one challenger for the Democratic nomination, he gained another. Progressive Cenk Uygur announced on his Young Turks show Wednesday that he is running against the president, reports the Hill . Biden, he said, will almost certainly lose in the general election. "It should not...

Second GOP Candidate Drops From the Race

Will Hurd joins Francis Suarez on sidelines after failing to qualify for first 2 debates

(Newser) - Former Texas congressman Will Hurd suspended his presidential bid on Monday and endorsed fellow GOP primary candidate Nikki Haley, officially abandoning a brief campaign built on criticizing Donald Trump at a time when his party seems even more determined to embrace the former president. "While I appreciate all the...

Outsider Candidacies Concern Biden, Trump Supporters

West, Kennedy have gone independent, and other announcements are planned

(Newser) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced he's running for president as an independent . Cornel West made the same choice last week. While the politics are murky, the fresh frenzy of outsider candidates threatens to weaken both major parties as Democratic President Biden and Republican former President Donald Trump tighten...

RFK Jr's Siblings Speak Out Against Candidacy

Analysts say he could damage Biden more than Trump

(Newser) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has abandoned his bid for the Democratic nomination to run for president as an independent —and while polls show that the anti-vaccine activist is more popular with Republicans than Democrats, analysts suspect he might take more votes away from President Biden than Donald Trump. Matt...

RFK Jr: I'm Running as an Independent

Attorney and anti-vaxxer drops his bid for Democratic nomination

(Newser) - Longtime environmental lawyer and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday he will run for president as an independent and drop his Democratic primary bid, reports the AP . The move adds another wrinkle to a 2024 race heading toward a likely rematch between President Joe Biden and former President...

Iowa Democrats Reveal Their Caucus Compromise

They propose releasing presidential caucus results on Super Tuesday

(Newser) - That Iowa Democratic Party says it's "definitely a compromise": It announced Friday that while it will caucus on Jan. 15, it won't reveal results until Super Tuesday. The AP calls it an attempt "to retain their state's leadoff spot on the presidential nominating calendar without...

Lake Clashes With Senate Rival at Phoenix Airport

GOP hopeful was on the same flight from Washington, DC, as Ruben Gallego

(Newser) - Passengers at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport got a possible preview of next year's Senate debates when two candidates clashed after arriving on the same flight from Washington, DC. The Arizona Republic reports that the exchange between Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego and Kari Lake, who is seeking the Republican...

Cornel West Will Run as an Independent
Cornel West
Leaves Green Party
Oct 5, 2023 6:10 PM CDT

Cornel West Leaves Green Party

Scholar will continue presidential campaign as an independent

(Newser) - Cornel West has settled on the third party affiliation of his four-month-old presidential candidacy . The scholar's campaign announced Thursday that he's leaving the Green Party to runs as an independent, the Hill reports. "People are hungry for change," West posted on X, adding that he wants...

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