{"id":2289197,"date":"2024-07-04T12:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T16:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-poll-shows-michelle-obama-as-only-potential-democratic-candidate-beating-trump\/"},"modified":"2024-07-04T12:58:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T16:58:15","slug":"new-poll-shows-michelle-obama-as-only-potential-democratic-candidate-beating-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-poll-shows-michelle-obama-as-only-potential-democratic-candidate-beating-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"New Poll Shows Michelle Obama as Only Potential Democratic Candidate Beating Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-poll-shows-michelle-obama-as-only-potential-democratic-candidate-beating-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2289197&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/only-22-of-cable-news-is-news-study\/\" title=\"Only 22% of Cable \u2018News\u2019 is News: Study\">recent poll conducted<\/a> by Reuters\/Ipsos showed\u2063 that only Michelle Obama could defeat Trump in the 2024 election, with a 50% to 39% lead. However, Trump would beat all other likely \u2064Democratic replacements for Biden. \u200cBiden and Trump are currently tied in the polls, showing a slight decline for Biden compared to previous months. Despite speculation, Michelle Obama has repeatedly stated she has no interest in running for president. There are concerns about the possibility of a rigged election in 2024, raising uncertainties about the future of American democracy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/randydesoto\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/randydesoto\/%20\"><span>Randy DeSoto<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 4, 2024 at 9:00am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Former first lady Michelle Obama polled the best among potential Democratic presidential candidates against former President Donald Trump should President Joe Biden choose to step aside.<\/p>\n<p>There have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/large-group-house-dems-reportedly-set-call-biden-step-aside-dam-broken\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increasing calls<\/a> for Biden to not seek a second term following his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-fettermans-dismal-debate-performance-didnt-hurt-us-too-much\/\" title=\"Schumer: Fetterman\u2019s Dismal Debate Performance \u2018Didn\u2019t Hurt Us Too Much\u2019\">dismal debate performance<\/a> against Trump last week.<\/p>\n<p>This prompted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en-us\/only-michelle-obama-bests-trump-alternative-biden-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters\/Ipsos<\/a> to conduct a survey and see how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-pick-biden-replacement-leaks-democrats-making-big-mistake-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">potential replacements<\/a> would fare against the presumptive Republican nominee, as well as where Biden stands now in the race.<\/p>\n<p>According to the polling group, Obama would defeat Trump 50 to 39 percent, but the 45th president would best all other likely Biden replacements.<\/p>\n<p>He would win over Vice President Kamala Harris 43 to 42 percent, California Gov. Gavin Newsom 42 to 39 percent, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Witmer 41 to 36 percent, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear 40 to 36 percent, and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker 40 to 34 percent.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Of all the possible Democratic candidates, only Michelle Obama could beat Trump in the election \u2013 Reuters\/Ipsos poll<\/p>\n<p>50% of respondents would support the candidacy of the ex-president\u2019s wife, and in this case 30% are ready to vote for Trump. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yOhltSzU6v\">pic.twitter.com\/yOhltSzU6v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike (@Doranimated) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Doranimated\/status\/1808526889243562315?\">July 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Finally, according to the pollsters, Biden would tie Trump, with each garnering 40 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Ipsos noted this was slight decline for Biden who was ahead 41 to 39 percent over his Republican rival in May.<\/p>\n<p>The 40-40 tie in the polling may indicate that the survey sample skews left because Trump has been ahead of Biden in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Real Clear Polling average<\/a> for months.<\/p>\n<p>Further, a New York Times\/Siena College <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/03\/us\/politics\/poll-debate-biden-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">survey<\/a> conducted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/j-d-vance-goes-three-for-three-in-post-debate-straw-polls\/\" title=\"J.D. Vance Goes Three for Three in Post Debate Straw Polls\">post debate<\/a> has Trump ahead 49 to 41 percent, nationally among registered voters.<\/p>\n<p>A Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/elections\/trump-expands-lead-over-biden-after-debate-as-voters-age-worries-grow-wsj-poll-finds-c3a793ab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a> published Wednesday also finds Trump with 6 percentage point lead 48 to 42 percent among registered voters, with 80 percent saying Biden, at 81, is too old to be running for a second term.<\/p>\n<p>The Reuters\/Ipsos poll was conducted using 1,070 U.S. residents, including 892 registered voters, which may also explain why it shows a tighter race.<\/p>\n<p>Obama has stated in the past that she has no interest in running for president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs former first lady Michelle Obama has expressed several times over the years, she will not be running for president,\u201d communication\u2019s director Crystal Carson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/michelle-obamas-office-announces-decision-running-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> NBC News in March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMrs. Obama supports President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 re-election campaign,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>But have circumstances changed enough post debate to cause Obama to reconsider her choice?<\/p>\n<p>In January, she was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democratic-contingency-plan-run-michelle-obama-potus-just-might-agree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alarmed<\/a> that Trump could win a second term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s going to happen in this next election? I am terrified about what could possibly happen because our leaders matter,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Former First Lady Michelle Obama says fears about the 2024 election are some of what keeps her up at night:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s going to happen in this next election? I am terrified about what could possibly happen. Because our leaders matter.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NcNZeyzP1G\">pic.twitter.com\/NcNZeyzP1G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Recount (@therecount) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1744402375501140370?\">January 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As first lady, and certainly a former first lady, she has been able to stay largely above the political fray.<\/p>\n<p>Once Obama entered the race and began taking positions on issues that impact people\u2019s lives, she would likely lose some support.<\/p>\n<p>She has often stated that she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2020\/08\/18\/someone-who-says-she-hates-politics-michelle-obama-is-political-powerhouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hates politics<\/a>, and one gets the sense that she really does not want to be president.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democratic-contingency-plan-run-michelle-obama-potus-just-might-agree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hypothetical<\/a> worth considering is Obama agrees to be at the top of the ticket and then runs with Harris, Newsom, Beshear or one of the others, who want to be president. They ride Obama\u2019s popularity into the White House.<\/p>\n<p>She serves a short time and then steps down for whatever reason: health, family, needs of the hour \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-michelle-obama-terrified-2024-election-says-keeps-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obama<\/a> would lose some standing among the American people for not seeing the job through, but Democrats would feel like she did them a solid by defeating Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Is it a likely scenario? Probably not, but it\u2019s possible.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/body><\/html><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former first lady Michelle Obama is the top choice among potential Democratic presidential candidates to defeat former President Donald Trump, according to a recent poll. While there have been calls for President Joe Biden to not seek a second term, the poll shows that Obama would beat Trump 50 to 39 percent. However, Trump would defeat all other likely Biden replacements. Biden and Trump are currently tied in the polls, with Trump leading in other recent surveys. Despite Obama&#8217;s popularity, she has stated she has no interest in running for president. However, circumstances post-debate may cause her to reconsider. While it is unlikely, there is a hypothetical scenario where Obama runs with another candidate and defeats Trump, but steps down shortly after taking office. The 2024 election is crucial, and support is needed to fight against potential election interference<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":2289198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Michelle-Obama.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33943,3728,32618,3921,3634],"class_list":["post-2289197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democratic-candidate","tag-election","tag-michelle-obama","tag-poll","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Michelle-Obama.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2289197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2289198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2289197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2289197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2289197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}