New poll finds overwhelming support for Kamala Harris among Democratic voters

Almost 80 percent of Democratic voters are in favor of Kamala Harris taking over the party’s nomination from Joe Biden, a new poll has shown, following the president’s shock decision to bow out of the 2024 race for the White House.

A survey conducted by YouGov on behalf of CBS News showed that just 21 percent were in favor of nominating someone else over the vice president.

The announcement of Biden’s departure from the campaign trailseems to have invigorated Democratic voters, with 45 percent saying that the party’s chances against Donald Trump in November were now “better.”

Some 10 percent said that the chances of a Democrat win were worse, 17 percent said they were unchanged and 28 percent said it “depends on who the nominee is.” However despite this 79 percent of those surveyed backed Harris as the candidate, according to the poll.

Despite the tumult of his final weeks in office, which prompted senior figures within the Democratic party to call for him to drop out, Biden’s legacy among the public remained largely favorable, according to CBS.

Some 43 percent said they would look back at the legacy as “excellent”, while 39 percent said it was “good”. 15 percent said that Biden’s time in office had been fair and only 3 percent considered the president’s legacy as “poor.”

This CBS News/YouGov survey was based on a national sample of 1,071 registered voters who identify as Democrats, who were interviewed July 21-22, 2024. All respondents participated in earlier national surveys of registered voters fielded July 11-13 and July 16-18, 2024, according to CBS.

The numbers echoed remarks made by senior party members including Bill and Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama. In a statement issued on