A new SurveyUSA/FairVote ranked choice poll of 2,050 likely voters in six swing states finds that Kamala Harris is the strong favorite among Democrats and independent respondents to replace Joe Biden should he withdraw from the race.
Among all likely voters, Biden performs the strongest against Donald Trump of all potential nominees (44% to 44%).
Harris performs the best of all non-Biden options (Trump 46%-Harris 42%).
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.