New York Post

Dems down on Biden as boss: poll

- By VICTOR NAVA

A measly 12% of Democrats believe President Biden should be the party’s leader, a stunning new poll has shown.

The AP-NORC survey results released Tuesday show that most Democrats not only can’t agree on a leader to rally behind, but most Americans don’t even have a favorable view of the party’s current top figures.

Despite the low percentage, the 80-year-old president received the most support of any named Democratic figure in the poll.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) were picked as the best choice for party leader by 5% of Democrats polled.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), former President Barack Obama, Transporta­tion Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Vice President Kamala Harris were each favored by 3% to be the standard-bearer of the Democratic Party.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) received 2% support, while a plurality of respondent­s — 31% — gave no answer and 21% named other Democrats.

Among Democratic Party figures, Biden leads the pack in overall favorabili­ty among all Americans with 43% support, followed by Harris and Pelosi at 36% each, Schumer at 30% and Jeffries at 23% — with more than half of adults (54%) saying they don’t know enough about the Brooklyn and Queens rep to have an opinion.

Like Democrats, the majority of Republican­s remain uncommitte­d about who should lead the party.

Ron DeSantis, who was reelected governor of Florida in a landslide last year, was the most popular pick to lead the GOP with 22% support, according to the poll.

Former President Donald Trump, 76, was favored to lead the party by 20% of those surveyed.

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