Republican voters want Ivanka Trump, Don Jr to run for president in 2024, poll states
GOP voters reportedly want two of President Donald Trump's children, his eldest son Donald Trump Jr. and his daughter and White House aide Ivanka Trump, among the party's nominee in the 2024 presidential election, a new poll has revealed.
The poll, conducted by Axios and SurveyMonkey, also showed that apart from the two Trumps, the Republican voters also wanted Vice President Mike Pence and former US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, among the 2024 contenders from the party.
The poll percentage found that 29 percent of the party voters would consider voting for Don Jr, while 16 percent would back Ivanka to be in the White House. Pence, however, led the poll with 40 percent, and Haley garnered the support of 26 percent of the voters surveyed in the poll, securing the third position.
The poll also included other popular GOP names like Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who faced Trump in the 2016 Republican primary, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who recently ruled out a run for the Senate to represent his home state of Kansas.
Axios, in its report, stated that although an early poll like this one generally serves as a way to measure the popularity of the potential candidate. However, the current findings have also highlighted the strength of the Trump dynasty in the party.
The president's eldest son, however, has quelled any speculations of him being in the 2024 race. Trump Jr, during an appearance on 'CBS this Morning' in November, was asked if he had any interest in entering politics, and replied to the question with: "I’m interested in winning 2020 for my father right now. We’ll worry about everything else later," he added.
“Listen, I don’t ever rule anything out. The reality is this. Right now, I like the campaigning part. I actually enjoy some of that fight. I like getting out there and being with real people and seeing the difference that my father and his policies are making in their lives,” Trump Jr. added. “I don’t know right now at this stage of my life that I would like the day job component of it.”