More than half of Republicans said they would vote for a candidate other than Donald Trump in the 2024 primary, but the former president remains the front-runner in the presidential race with 49 percent of his party colleagues backing him, according to a poll of the New York Times and Siena College.

Although support for Trump is incomparably lower than before the 2020 election, when he had the votes of 94 percent of Republican voters, he still has a large lead over his opponents,

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His biggest potential challenger is Florida Gov. Ron Desantis, who has about 25 percent support.

Other possible candidates are Texas Senator Ted Cruz with seven percent, former Vice President Mike Pence with about six percent, former US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley with six percent and former Secretary of of state, Mike Pompeo with two percent of Republican support.

The same poll showed that most Democrats do not support Joe Biden running for president again in 2024.

Both Trump and Biden still have a good image within the party, so about 80 percent of Republicans have a favorable opinion of Trump and 85 percent of Democrats have a favorable opinion of Biden.

When asked why they would want someone else to run in 2024, Democratic voters cited Biden's 79 years, making him the oldest president to date.

He will be almost 82 in 2024 and Trump will be 78.

When asked who they would vote for in 2024 if the candidates were Biden or Trump, 44 percent said they would vote for Biden and 41 percent for Trump.

The White House commented that it is not only focused on public opinion polls.

"There's going to be a lot of research, some going up, some going down," White House spokeswoman Karin Jean-Pierre said.

Trump criticized the New York Times and accused it of repeatedly targeting him for years.

"Fake polls, fake stories and fabricated quotes, they are a disgrace to journalism and have set it back.

The New York Times is the real enemy of the people," Trump wrote.

The poll also showed that most Republicans support Trump's false claims that the 2020 election was rigged.