{"id":180686,"date":"2024-07-11T11:02:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T15:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=180686"},"modified":"2026-07-09T15:13:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:13:30","slug":"voters-feelings-about-the-2024-campaign-and-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2024\/07\/11\/voters-feelings-about-the-2024-campaign-and-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"3. Voters\u2019 feelings about the 2024 campaign and candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most voters \u2013 68% \u2013 say they are not satisfied with the presidential candidates this year, but Joe Biden\u2019s supporters are more likely than Donald Trump\u2019s to hold this view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wide majorities also view the campaign as too negative (68%) and not policy-focused (76%) and say it does <em>not<\/em> make them feel proud of the country (87%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Against this backdrop, more than half of voters (53%) would like to see both Biden and Trump replaced as candidates, a share that\u2019s ticked up since April. But Biden supporters are considerably more likely than Trump supporters to say this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Visit <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2024\/07\/11\/biden-and-trumps-personal-qualities-and-handling-of-issues\/\"><em>Chapter 2<\/em><\/a><em> for more evaluations of Biden and Trump, and <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2024\/07\/11\/the-presidential-choice-biden-trump-kennedy\/\"><em>Chapter 1<\/em><\/a><em> for voters\u2019 2024 preferences.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"satisfaction-with-the-candidates\">Satisfaction with the candidates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-310-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=180739\"><img data-dominant-color=\"efece4\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #efece4;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PP_2024.7.11_election-2024_3-01.png?resize=480,734 480w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PP_2024.7.11_election-2024_3-01.png?resize=620,948 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"474\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PP_2024.7.11_election-2024_3-01.png?w=310\" alt=\"Chart shows Most Biden supporters are not satisfied with the candidates, while Trump supporters are split\" class=\"wp-image-180739 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Satisfaction with the presidential candidates is considerably lower than it was at a similar point in the 2020 campaign. This is largely because Biden supporters\u2019 satisfaction today is far lower than in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>31% of voters are currently satisfied with the presidential candidates. This is 15 percentage points lower than voters\u2019 satisfaction in the summer of 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Just 18% of Biden backers are now very or fairly satisfied. In 2020, 41% were satisfied.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In contrast, roughly half of Trump supporters (51%) are satisfied with this year\u2019s candidates. This is nearly identical to the 53% of Trump supporters who said this four years ago.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are notable demographic differences in satisfaction with the presidential candidates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"age\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Age<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voters ages 50 and older are 16 points more likely than those under 50 to say they are very or fairly satisfied with the candidates (38% vs. 22%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among both Biden and Trump supporters, older voters express more satisfaction with the candidates than younger voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"race-and-ethnicity\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Race and ethnicity<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though about a third of Black Biden supporters (36%) say they are satisfied with the candidates, Black Biden supporters are roughly twice as likely as Hispanic (17%) or White (14%) Biden supporters to say this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similar shares of White (51%) and Hispanic (50%) Trump backers are satisfied with the candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;many-voters-would-swap-out-the-candidates-if-they-could&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"many-voters-would-swap-out-the-candidates-if-they-could\">Many voters would swap out the candidates if they could<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-310-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=180740\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e7e0d7\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e7e0d7;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PP_2024.7.11_election-2024_3-02.png?resize=480,694 480w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PP_2024.7.11_election-2024_3-02.png?resize=620,896 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"448\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PP_2024.7.11_election-2024_3-02.png?w=310\" alt=\"Chart shows Biden supporters have grown more likely to say they would replace both candidates if they could\" class=\"wp-image-180740 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A narrow majority of voters (53%) say they would replace both Biden and Trump with different candidates if they had the ability to decide the major party candidates for the 2024 presidential election. The share saying this is up slightly from the 49% of voters who said this in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That shift is largely due to Biden supporters becoming more likely to say both candidates should be replaced:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>71% of Biden backers now say they would replace both candidates, up from 62% in April.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The share of Biden supporters who would keep Biden but replace Trump is down to 23%, from 32% in April.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In contrast, Trump supporters have become more likely to say they would <em>keep both candidates<\/em> over this period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nearly four-in-ten Trump supporters (39%) now say this, up from 27% a few months ago.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>About a quarter (26%) would replace both candidates \u2013 down from the 35% who said this in April.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A third of Trump supporters would keep Trump on the ballot but replace Biden.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite changes in Biden and Trump supporters\u2019 views of whether they would replace the major party candidates for president, demographic differences among each candidate\u2019s supporters follow similar patterns to the last time we asked this question <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2024\/04\/24\/feelings-about-the-2024-race-for-president\/#what-if-voters-could-change-the-presidential-ballot\">in April<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Within each coalition, younger voters are more likely than older voters to say they would replace both candidates. But majorities of Biden supporters in all age groups say this, while no more than about a third of Trump supporters in any age group do.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>College graduates within each coalition are 15 points more likely than those without a four-year degree to say they would replace both candidates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Black voters who support Biden are less likely than other Biden backers to favor replacing both candidates: 58% of Black Biden supporters favor replacing both candidates, compared with 67% of Hispanic, 74% of White and 84% of Asian Biden supporters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-640-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=180741\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e8e0d4\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e8e0d4;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PP_2024.7.11_election-2024_3-03.png?resize=480,359 480w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PP_2024.7.11_election-2024_3-03.png?resize=782,585 782w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PP_2024.7.11_election-2024_3-03.png?resize=960,719 960w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PP_2024.7.11_election-2024_3-03.png?resize=1200,898 1200w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PP_2024.7.11_election-2024_3-03.png?resize=1280,958 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"479\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PP_2024.7.11_election-2024_3-03.png?w=640\" alt=\"Chart shows More than half of Biden supporters across demographic groups say they would replace both candidates on the ballot if given the chance\" class=\"wp-image-180741 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>43% of Hispanic Trump supporters say that they would keep Trump on the ballot but replace Biden, compared with 31% of White Trump supporters. Similar shares of White Trump supporters (26%) and Hispanic Trump supporters (23%) say they would replace both.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"voters-views-of-the-campaign-so-far\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Voters\u2019 views of the campaign so far<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voters characterize the presidential campaign so far in largely negative terms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-420-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=180742\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f1f0f0\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f1f0f0;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PP_2024.7.11_election-2024_3-04.png?resize=480,373 480w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PP_2024.7.11_election-2024_3-04.png?resize=782,607 782w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PP_2024.7.11_election-2024_3-04.png?resize=840,652 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"326\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PP_2024.7.11_election-2024_3-04.png?w=420\" alt=\"Chart shows Most voters say the campaign is too negative, not policy-focused and not a source of pride\" class=\"wp-image-180742 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Only 12% say that the campaign makes them feel proud of the country, while 87% say it does not make them feel proud.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>76% say the campaign is not focused on important policy debates, while just 23% say it is.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And 68% say that the campaign is too negative. Just 30% say it is not too negative.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Majorities within both candidates\u2019 coalitions describe the campaign as not making them feel proud of the country, not focused on important policy debates, and too negative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet Biden supporters are more negative than Trump supporters in each case \u2013 and supporters of third-party candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hold particularly negative views of the campaign so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kennedy supporters are nearly unanimous in saying that the campaign does not make them proud of the country (94% say this). Slightly smaller shares of Biden (89%) and Trump (82%) supporters feel this way.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kennedy supporters (89%) are also more likely than Biden (81%) or Trump (67%) supporters to say the campaign is not focused on important policy debates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And while similar shares of Kennedy (75%) and Biden (72%) supporters say the campaign is too negative, a narrower majority of Trump supporters (61%) say this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Views of the 2024 campaign are somewhat more negative than views of the 2020 presidential campaign were at about this time four years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In August of 2020, 73% of voters said that year\u2019s campaign was not focused on important policy debates (76% say this about the current campaign). About six-in-ten (61%) said the 2020 campaign was too negative (68% say this today).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biden supporters are 13 points more likely to describe the current campaign as too negative than 2020 Biden backers were to describe that campaign (59% then vs. 72% now). Trump supporters\u2019 views are nearly identical to those of Trump supporters four years ago.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And while Biden supporters are also more likely to describe the 2024 campaign as not focused on important issues than his supporters were in 2020 (81% say this in 2024 vs. 73% in 2020), Trump supporters are <em>less<\/em> likely to describe the current campaign this way (67% in 2024 vs. 74% in 2020).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;voters-emotions-if-biden-or-trump-won&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"voters-emotions-if-biden-or-trump-won\">Voters\u2019 emotions if Biden or Trump won<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voters\u2019 feelings about the possibility of a Biden or Trump win are similar to how voters felt in 2020 about these potential outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"among-biden-supporters\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Among Biden supporters&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-420-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=180743\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e5e0d2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e5e0d2;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PP_2024.7.11_election-2024_3-05.png?resize=480,573 480w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PP_2024.7.11_election-2024_3-05.png?resize=782,933 782w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PP_2024.7.11_election-2024_3-05.png?resize=840,1002 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"501\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PP_2024.7.11_election-2024_3-05.png?w=420\" alt=\"Chart shows Supporters of both Trump and Biden are much more likely to say they would feel relieved than excited if their candidate won in November\" class=\"wp-image-180743 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roughly three-quarters of Biden supporters (78%) say they would feel relieved if Biden won in November, while slightly more than one-in-ten (13%) say they would feel excited if Biden won. These views are nearly identical to how Biden supporters felt about the prospect of a Biden victory four years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About six-in-ten Biden supporters (59%) say they would feel angry if <em>Trump<\/em> won in November, while 39% say they\u2019d be disappointed. These feelings also are nearly identical to the shares with these views four years ago (61% angry, 37% disappointed).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"among-trump-supporters\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Among Trump supporters<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among Trump supporters, the shares who would feel relieved (60%) or excited (32%) if their preferred candidate won are similar to the shares who said they would feel relieved (61%) or excited (30%) in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Trump supporters are 9 percentage points more likely to say they would feel angry if <em>Biden<\/em> was elected this November than they were at this point in 2020 (46% today, 37% in 2020) and 7 points less likely to say they would feel disappointed (52% today, 59% in 2020).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most voters \u2013 68% \u2013 say they are not satisfied with the presidential candidates this year, but Joe Biden\u2019s supporters are more likely than Donald Trump\u2019s to hold this view. Wide majorities also view the campaign as too negative (68%) and not policy-focused (76%) and say it does not make them feel proud of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sub_headline":"","sub_title":"","_prc_public_revisions":[],"_ppp_expiration_hours":0,"_ppp_enabled":false,"ai_generated_summary":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"relatedPosts":[],"reportMaterials":[],"multiSectionReport":[],"package_parts__enabled":false,"package_parts":[],"datacite_doi":"","datacite_doi_citation":"","_prc_seo_qr_attachment_id":0,"spoken_article_player_enabled":true,"displayBylines":true,"footnotes":"","prc_watchers":[],"_prc_fork_parent":0,"_prc_fork_status":"","_prc_active_fork":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[68,426,383,57],"tags":[],"bylines":[],"collection":[],"datasets":[2785],"level_of_effort":[],"primary_audience":[],"information_type":[],"_post_visibility":[],"formats":[458],"_fund_pool":[],"languages":[],"regions-countries":[],"research-teams":[520],"workflow-status":[],"class_list":["post-180686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-donald-trump","category-election-2024","category-joe-biden","category-political-civic-engagement","datasets-american-trends-panel-wave-149","formats-report","research-teams-politics"],"label":false,"post_parent":180655,"word_count":1181,"canonical_url":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2024\/07\/11\/voters-feelings-about-the-2024-campaign-and-candidates\/","art_direction":{"A1":{"id":180766,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PP_24.07.08_W149Political_feature.jpg","url":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/07\/PP_24.07.08_W149Political_feature.jpg?w=564&h=317&crop=1","width":564,"height":317,"caption":"Former President Donald Trump was in Philadelphia for a campaign rally on June 22, roughly three weeks after President Joe Biden held one in the same city May 29. 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