• jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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    11 months ago

    Biden because no party is going to deny a sitting President the opportunity to run again. It has to be their choice to not run (Johnson, '68).

    Trump because enough Republicans still believe 2020 was “stolen” from him.

    Iowa:
    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/live-blog/iowa-election-2024-live-updates-rcna133678#rcrd30899

    “66% of caucusgoers think Biden did not legitimately win the 2020 election, and 68% of those voters are backing Trump. Just 16% of those voters are picking DeSantis while an even smaller 6% share are caucusing for Haley.”

    New Hampshire:
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/23/new-hampshire-voters-trump-trials-2020-election/

    "About half of those who voted in the New Hampshire Republican primary Tuesday believed the false claim that President Biden did not legitimately win the 2020 presidential election, according to preliminary exit polls, underscoring the persistence of Trump’s false claims within the GOP that the last presidential election was stolen from him.

    Of those voters who believed Biden did not legitimately win the 2020 election, an overwhelming majority — nearly 9 in 10 — voted for Trump in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, while about 1 in 8 voted for former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, the only remaining major challenger to Trump for the Republican presidential nomination."