“Trust Chuck Todd?” That’s the question people on social media were asking Sunday after the host of NBC’s “Meet the Press” reported the results of a new poll. nbc news poll about a possible rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, saying that “there are only 6% of Americans who would like to see both Trump and Biden run.”
“The point is this: There is a huge number of people who do not want any gentleman to run,” he said, showing a graphic showing that 60% of Republicans do not want Trump to run and 70% of Democrats do not want to see Biden run again.
“It’s not because of his policies, it’s just because of questions about his physical ability and his current age,” he told Willie Geist of “Sunday Today”. “But what is most shocking in our poll is how much Republicans are rallying around Donald Trump. When you look at this poll, on the one hand, if you’re Ron DeSantis, you might say, ‘Well, hey, I’m behind by two points — Barack Obama outplayed Hillary Clinton for the entire calendar year of 2007. trailed by two points. , Correct? He didn’t drop him nationally until he won Iowa. But, boy, doesn’t this look like the same type of race when you see — you have 70% of Republican primary voters telling us, basically, that these allegations against Donald Trump mean rallying instead of Donald Trump What’s more important to do is give him an alternative that says, you know, he was a good president but that could be a distraction from defeating Joe Biden. Only one in four Republican primary voters believe so.
“It, right now, looks like both parties are going to nominate two people the country doesn’t want — and there’s going to be unintended consequences, Willie, whether those people don’t show up, whether it’s the third party flirting.” ,” Todd said. “Whatever it is, politics favors a void, and if they’re both looking toward this rematch, it’s going to create a void.”
Later on Sunday on his own NBC show, “meet the Press,” Todd went on to elaborate on “why” Democratic primary voters said Biden should not run.
“What is the biggest concern for him? We didn’t prompt them,” Todd said. “It’s about his age and ability to work.” He further showed that the Biden alternative – Trump – is even more unpopular among the American public, but that the Trump investigation has only strengthened their support.
Below are the poll numbers submitted by Todd – and a small sampling of the responses to Todd himself.