Donald Trump’s favorability rose six points after winning the 2024 election.
With a preference of 54 percent in the first poll from Emerson College after the electionthe newly elected president is preparing to take power with a rating 18 percent higher than current President Joe Biden.
Forty-six percent of voters say they are surprised by the 2024 election results. Yet Trump’s favorability is exaggerated in all age groups except those over 70.
Before the November 5 election, polls showed Trump at 48 percent favorability.
After his decisive victory, Trump immediately got to work with a series of announcements about who he will fill in his Cabinet and White House staff, as well as plans for policy changes — including a recent revelation that he wants to add tariffs on imports from China. , Mexico and Canada in retaliation for the migrant and fentanyl crisis.
Meanwhile, the Emerson poll also shows which Democratic and Republican voters want to see running for the White House after Trump’s second term ends in 2028.
Most Republicans are divided; 51 percent say they are “undecided” about who would best succeed the president-elect.
But newly elected Vice President JD Vance comes in second, with 30 percent wanting to see him make a bid for a promotion after four years as Trump’s No. 2.
Every other candidate in the open-ended question earned 5 percent or less.
Donald Trump’s positive rating rose six points from before the 2024 election in the first Emerson College poll since his impressive Nov. 5 presidential election victory.
The same poll shows that 30 percent of Republican voters in the primaries and caucus want Vice President-elect JD Vance to run for president in 2028.
The results among the preferences of Democratic primary and caucus voters show that 37 percent want Vice President Kamala Harris to run for the White House again after her failed bid this year.
If the preferences came to fruition, there would be a match between current and future vice presidents who would take over in the Oval Office.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ranked third among Republicans at five percent, along with “someone else,” after remaining a last-ditch contender in the 2024 Republican primary and maintaining his status as a popular, no-nonsense governor .
Three percent of Republican primary and caucus voters said they want biotech entrepreneur and fellow 2024 primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to run again in the next presidential election.
Nikki Haley and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who recently left the Democratic Party, are tied at two percent each.
There were more potential candidates among Democrats than Republicans named in the poll.
Harris came first, but ‘undecided’ was a close second with 35 percent.
The vice president’s running mate, 2024 Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, earned just 1 percent support for Democrats who would like to see him lead a presidential ticket.
Among Democratic voters, 37 percent want to see another run for the White House from Vice President Kamala Harris — even after her declared defeat by Trump
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a close ally of Harris, earned support in third place, with just seven percent saying they wanted to see him run for the White House in 2028.
President Biden’s transportation secretary, Pete Buttigieg, earned four percent and the governments. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania were tied at three percent each.
Michelle Obama’s name is still floating around Democratic circles, where two percent of voters hope to make a presidential bid next cycle.
And two percent are not ready to give up hope on 83-year-old Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who would be 87 in the next election.