Michigan voters polled: Who should replace Biden?

Kate Holloway
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LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — President Joe Biden made an historic announcement this Sunday that he is dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. On the same day, a new EPIC-MRA poll of active and likely Michigan voters went public.

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks with Essence CEO Caroline Wanga during the 30th annual Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans, Saturday, July 6, 2024. (Matthew Perschall/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks with Essence CEO Caroline Wanga during the 30th annual Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans, Saturday, July 6, 2024. (Matthew Perschall/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

One question asked in the statewide poll, conducted from July 13-17, is particularly relevant now:

“If Joe Biden were to step aside and not continue his campaign to be reelected as President, which of the following candidates that have been mentioned as possible replacements should be nominated by the Democratic Party?”

Question in EPIC-MRA statewide poll, conducted July 13-17

FILE - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at the SelectUSA Investment Summit, May 4, 2023, in Oxon Hill, Md. Democrats are circulating several high profile names as potential presidential alternatives including Whitmer, the co-chair of the Biden-Harris campaign who is releasing a memoir titled "True Gretch," that hints at her political future this week. However, Whitmer shut down any possibility of stepping into the race this year in an interview with the Associated Press ahead of the book's launch. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer turned out to be the third-most-popular response to that question in the July statewide poll. Vice President Kamala Harris came in second, after the response that “Someone else” should be the nominee.

One other Michigan resident besides Whitmer also was on the list–Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg came in with 4% of the positive responses. Buttigieg has his permanent residence in Traverse City.

FILE - Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks during a press briefing at the White House, March 27, 2024, in Washington. New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average about 38 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2031 in real world driving, up from about 29 mpg this year, under new federal rules unveiled Friday, June 7, 2024, by the Biden administration. "Not only will these new standards save Americans money at the pump every time they fill up, they will also decrease harmful pollution and make America less reliant on foreign oil," Buttigieg said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

The responses to the poll question were as follows:

20% Someone Else

19% Vice President Kamala Harris

17% Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer

11% Former First Lady Michelle Obama

6% California Governor Gavin Newsom

4% Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg

2% Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro

2% New Jersey Senator Cory Booker

1% Illinois Governor JB Pritzker

12% Undecided/Refused

The poll of 600 active and likely voters was conducted by EPIC-MRA from July 13-17. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4%.

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