Likely Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden suffers from a voter excitement gap, but he could close it by picking a woman of color, according to a new survey testing the nation’s politics during the George Floyd protests.
In two new surveys this week, Biden voters are less enthusiastic than those backing President Trump.
In the latest Emerson College Poll, 69% of Trump voters are “extremely or very excited to support him.” For Biden, it’s 55%.
In Scott Rasmussen’s latest Just the News poll, the excitement gap is bigger: 76% for Trump and 49% for Biden.
Emerson, however, found that the winning trick for Biden could be to pick a “woman of color.” That survey analysis said that “46% of Biden voters saying this choice would make them more excited, and 8% saying it would make them less excited.”
Biden has already pledged to pick a female running mate, and there are several black people on his list, including Sen. Kamala Harris, former Georgia House member Stacey Abrams, Rep. Val Demings, a former Orlando, Florida, police chief, and former Obama aide Susan Rice.
