# Absent Biden, what democrat could win the presidency in 2024?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 2, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absent-biden-what-democrat-could-win-the-presidency-in-2024/1003644 "2024-07-02T17:59:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absent-biden-what-democrat-could-win-the-presidency-in-2024/1003644/1 "2024-07-02T17:59:28Z")

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After the debate, some people have been suggesting Biden should not run again.  
My question is, who do the dems have on tap who could win this year if Biden was out of the race…  
I’m not asking who you all like best, or who would make the best president.  
I want to know who has the best chance of winning, and why, if you care to elaborate.

(If this has already been discussed and I missed it, please forgive me. I don’t have a lot of time to spend on here these days.)

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**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absent-biden-what-democrat-could-win-the-presidency-in-2024/1003644/2 "2024-07-02T23:53:59Z")

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I don’t believe anyone Really knows.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absent-biden-what-democrat-could-win-the-presidency-in-2024/1003644/3 "2024-07-03T00:02:12Z")

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That is probably why it is here, and not in Factual Questions.

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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absent-biden-what-democrat-could-win-the-presidency-in-2024/1003644/4 "2024-07-03T00:07:36Z")

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I’m going to guess the mods are going to merge this thread pretty quickly with the other highly-similar one.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absent-biden-what-democrat-could-win-the-presidency-in-2024/1003644/5 "2024-07-03T00:21:03Z")

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The polls say Harris. Slightly less chance that Biden, which is close to a 50%.

No one else has a chance.

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absent-biden-what-democrat-could-win-the-presidency-in-2024/1003644/6 "2024-07-03T00:28:14Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> The polls say Harris. Slightly less chance that Biden, which is close to a 50%.

Who polls next best after Harris?

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absent-biden-what-democrat-could-win-the-presidency-in-2024/1003644/7 "2024-07-03T00:39:27Z")

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