Republicans are against the idea by an overwhelming 70%-to-10% margin.Īnd among those who voted for Biden and Trump in 2020, the gap is even wider: 78% of Trump voters oppose a Cheney bid, while more Biden voters favor (35%) than oppose (31%) it. Nearly 6 in 10 (59%) now rate Cheney favorably, while just 18% express an unfavorable opinion - remarkable numbers for a lifelong Republican who was best known, until recently, for her staunch social conservatism and hawkish foreign-policy views.Īs a result, Democrats are surprisingly supportive of a Cheney presidential bid, with roughly equal numbers saying yes (30%) and no (33%) when asked if she should run in 2024. The opposite is true, however, among Democrats.
10, two days after FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago home. She could decide to campaign against Trump in the Republican primary then she could drop out and either stay on the sidelines or endorse the Democratic nominee.ĭonald Trump departs Trump Tower in New York on Aug. It’s unclear, for instance, whether she will even run - or if so, whether she would go so far as to compete in the general election as an independent candidate. It’s far too early to peg Cheney as a spoiler. The problem for Biden is that nearly all of Cheney’s votes come at his expense - and there are enough of them, in theory, to put Trump over the top. In that scenario, Cheney trails with just 11% of the vote. It found that if the 2024 election were held today - and if it were a one-on-one rematch between President Biden and Trump - Biden would lead by 4 points among registered voters, 46% to 42%.īut in a three-way race with Cheney on the ballot as an independent, Trump would suddenly vault to an 8-point lead over Biden, 40% to 32%. 18 to 22 - immediately after Cheney lost last Tuesday’s Wyoming House primary to a Trump-backed challenger by nearly 40 percentage points.
(Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Liz Cheney in Jackson Hole, Wyo., after losing to her opponent, Harriet Hageman, in the Republican primary on Aug.
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