Almost three-quarters of Democratic voters want a “fresh face” for their party’s presidential nominee in 2020, according to a new Rasmussen poll.
Seventy-three percent of likely Democratic voters told the conservative-leaning firm the Democratic Party should promote someone new rather than someone who has run in the past. Only 16 percent disagreed with the need for “fresh faces,” while 11 percent were undecided.
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Among all likely voters, 65 percent said Democrats should find someone new for 2020, while 19 percent said the party should get behind someone who has run before.
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Almost one-third of registered Democratic voters backed Biden as the party’s 2020 nominee in a Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll survey from June.
The conversation about the future of Democratic Party was reinvigorated last month when 28-year-old democratic socialist Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez won her district’s primary in an upset win over incumbent Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.), the fourth-ranking House Democrat.
More than 20 House candidates, including Ocasio-Cortez, have stated publicly they would not support established House Minority Leader Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiTrump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names Black lawmakers unveil bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol Pelosi: Georgia primary ‘disgrace’ could preview an election debacle in November MORE (D-Calif.) for Speaker, citing the need for fresh leadership.
A 2016 Rasmussen poll, conducted during Clinton’s presidential run, found that 36 percent of Democrats supported a new face at that time, while 21 percent were undecided.
The new poll surveyed 1,000 likely voters from July 11 to 12. The margin of error is 3 percentage points.