Newsweek, July 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris has emerged as the most popular option to be President Joe Biden’s replacement as the Democratic Party’s nominee over any other potential candidate, according to polling conducted for Newsweek. She also comes in first among those who voted for Biden in 2020.
Several Democratic lawmakers have called on Biden to step aside following a much maligned performance in a presidential debate on June 27 that triggered fresh concerns about the 81-year-old’s age and ability to beat Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, in November. But Harris and other lawmakers have rallied behind Biden as he made clear he has no intention of quitting the race.
