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Despite many voters wanting Michelle Obama to run for president in 2024, she has made it clear that she has no intention of doing so.
The results of a recent survey indicate that a majority of voters who supported Joe Biden in 2020 would vote for Michelle Obama if she ran for president.
Newsweek reports that a Redfield and Wilton Strategies poll of 1,500 U.S. adults conducted exclusively for the outlet found that “46 percent of eligible voters would support the attorney and wife of former President Barack Obama if she decided to run for the White House.”
The survey found that fully three-quarters of Biden voters support Michelle Obama, along with 21 percent of Trump voters.
The survey results come amidst ongoing concerns about Biden’s reelection prospects, even though the poll was conducted before he secured the 2024 Democratic nomination on Tuesday, following resounding primary victories in Georgia, Mississippi, and Washington.
Most national polling has Biden trailing former President Donald Trump now, often outside polling margins of error, while his approval rating has tanked to a dismal 37 percent.
The poll conducted for Newsweek found that nearly half, or 45 percent, of respondents supported Biden’s ending his reelection campaign.
Trump’s campaign, meanwhile, continues to get the kind of news that has Biden’s campaign in panic mode.
Just the News reported that a slew of new surveys show Trump has either maintained or extended his lead over Biden in seven key battleground states.
“Trump leads Biden by 4% in Arizona, 1% in Michigan, 3% in Nevada and 3% in Wisconsin, according to four polls released Wednesday and Thursday by Emerson College Polling/The Hill,” the outlet noted, citing the surveys.
“Trump is also ahead of Biden by 3% in North Carolina and 4% in Georgia, according to polls released Wednesday by the Marist Institute for Public Opinion. Meanwhile, an Emerson College survey released last week shows Trump leads Biden by 4% in Pennsylvania,” the outlet continued.
That said, Trump’s lead is within the margin of error in at least three states—Michigan, Wisconsin, and Nevada—and he’s within the 3.6 percent margin of error in the Marist poll in North Carolina.
Moreover, these figures do not encompass third-party candidates, so they are subject to change, particularly if Robert F. Kennedy manages to secure a spot on the ballot. At present, he has solely fulfilled petitioning endeavors to secure a ballot position in Nevada, Utah, Hawaii, and New Hampshire, according to information available on his website.
Biden’s campaign is obviously feeling the heat, as it has begun aggressively raising funds. Also, the campaign made a $30 million ad purchase in several battleground states earlier this month.
The Biden campaign is launching a six-week, $30 million ad blitz in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina, according to Politico.
The ad campaign seeks to highlight various Biden initiatives concerning “climate change” and abortion while also addressing concerns regarding the president’s mental acuity. The campaign mirrors a broader administration push to garner support among black Americans and young people, especially as the president trails behind Trump in the polls.
According to Politico, the ad campaign promotes five key Biden talking points, which include the COVID-19 recovery, reducing the cost of prescription drugs, the bipartisan infrastructure deal, efforts against “climate change,” and safeguarding abortion rights.
Political consultant Patrick Bonsignore of Blue Sky Strategy, who previously served as the director of Paid Media on the 2020 Biden campaign, is leading the first ad buy in what is anticipated to be a billion-dollar campaign.
The outlet noted that the ad negates to mention the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, choosing instead to focus on Trump’s alleged infringement on the “freedom of women to choose.”
