Kamala Harris is by some margin Democratic voters most favored candidate to be the party’s 2028 presidential election candidate, according to a new poll.
Echelon Insights surveyed 1,010 likely voters between November 14 and 18 with a 3.5 point margin of error. Of the 393 polled who said they support the Democrats 41 percent stated that “if the 2028 Democratic presidential primary were being held today” they would vote for Harris, well ahead of second placed California Governor Gavin Newsom on eight percent.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro came third with seven percent, followed by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Harris’s 2024 running mate, with six percent each.
Harris lost the 2024 presidential election on November 5, picking up just 226 Electoral College votes against 312 for Donald Trump. The Republican candidate also won the popular vote and picked up a clean sweep of the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada.
The other named potential Democratic primary candidates included House Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on four percent, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on three percent, and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear and New Jersey Senator Cory Booker on two percent each.
They were followed by Maryland Governor Wes Moore and Colorado Governor Jared Polis at one percent a piece, then by Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman and Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock last on less than one percent. Another 16 percent of likely Democratic voters surveyed said they were unsure, while one percent chose a generic “someone else” option.
Newsweek contacted Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential election campaign for comment via email on Tuesday.
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Of the 390 Republican-supporting voters polled by Echelon Insights Vice President-elect JD Vance was by some margin the most popular potential GOP candidate for 2028.
Asked “if the 2028 Republican presidential primary were being held today, for whom would you vote?” 37 percent replied Vance, ahead of former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy on nine percent each.
Trump appointed Ramaswamy, who stood against him for the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, to colead the newly created Department of Government Efficiency along with business tycoon Elon Musk. However he said Haley, Trump’s last credible rival for the GOP nomination, would not be joining his administration.
Newsweek has emailed Trump’s transition team for comment, outside of normal office hours.
Harris has not indicated her plans, or whether she intends to remain in politics.
Speaking on November 6 at her alma mater, Howard University, Harris urged her supporters to “respect the results of the outcome.”
She added: “Hear me when I say, the light of America’s promise will always burn bright. As long as we never give up, and as long as we keep fighting.”
