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Data released Thursday by the conservative polling organization Rasmussen Reports indicated that not all Republicans are happy with the option of President Donald Trump becoming their party's presidential nominee.
Trump's only viable opponent, former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, suspended his campaign against the incumbent president in March. Weld's exit left Trump as the GOP's presumptive nominee.
According to the poll, 23 percent of voters who are inclined to vote Republican do not want Trump to be the party's nominee. That represents a minority of those polled as 70 percent would like to see Trump receive the nomination.
More Democrats seem to be unhappy with Biden as the party's presumptive nominee with 28 percent of likely Democratic voters reporting they would prefer someone else as the party's top choice. Biden held the support of 54 percent of those polled who are pleased with Biden as the party's nominee.
With both candidates running unopposed in the 2020 election, party nominations seem to be set. Poll numbers show 95 percent of Republicans believe Trump will be the GOP nominee. Biden's nomination also seems to be assured with 92 percent of those polled holding the opinion that he will be the Democratic nominee.
Newsweek reached out to Trump's campaign for comment. This story will be updated with any response.
Trump has been the subject of criticism and rebuttal by Dr. Anthony Fauci, a member of the White House coronavirus task force. Fauci has at times refuted Trump's claims about the virus and has warned that the U.S. needs to take its time in reopening its economy.
Stay-at-home orders have largely been left in the hands of state governments, but some states have reopened faster than anticipated. Fauci told a Senate panel Tuesday that opening without making sure testing capacity was in place may lead to dire consequences.
"There is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak that you may not be able to control, which in fact, paradoxically, will set you back," Fauci said, "not only leading to some suffering and death that could be avoided but could even set you back on the road to try to get economic recovery."
Trump has often stated his desire to quickly get the country's economy moving again. While he acknowledged coronavirus cases could rise during the reopening process, Trump said in May that Americans want to get back to work "and you're going to have a problem if you don't do it."
On Tuesday during an interview, Biden said Trump had not taken responsibility for the country's perceived slow response to the coronavirus. "He's found himself the cost of compliancy of him waiting so long to act has really cost us a lot," Biden said.
