Who could replace Biden as the Democratic nominee?

following his disastrous performance in last week’s debate as questions swirl over his viability as a candidate in the 2024 presidential race. The president, for his part, has shown no outward signs that he plans to step aside. He reportedly assured staffers that “I am running,” adding, “no one’s pushing me out.

I’m not leaving. I’m in this race to the end and we’re going to win.” But if Biden were to change his mind and drop out of the race against former President , many Democrats would see Vice President Kamala Harris as the logical choice to replace him at the top of the ticket.



“I’m going to be for Harris if Biden ain’t there," Rep. James Clyburn, a Democrat from South Carolina and one of Biden’s closest allies in Congress, . On Wednesday, Reuters that Harris is “the top alternative” to Biden, citing “seven senior sources at the Biden campaign, the White House and the Democratic National Committee with knowledge of current discussions on the topic.

” But pundits and party insiders are floating other names as well. Here’s the not-so-short shortlist of hypothetical Biden replacements — along with how they rank among voters in a conducted after the debate. As the current vice president — and a former presidential candidate, U.

S senator and attorney general of California — Harris, 59, is by far the highest-profile and most widely vetted candidate on the list. She is also the first Black woman to serve in each of those positions, and B.