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A majority of US Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents want the party to replace President Joe Biden as its 2024 nominee, Bloomberg reports, citing a Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Just 35% of this group prefer Biden for the nomination, while 56% say the Democratic Party should pick someone else, according to the poll, released Sunday. Among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, 47% back former president Donald Trump for the 2024 nomination, while 46% prefer someone else.

In a head-to-head match-up, the survey found Biden and Trump essentially tied: Biden edged Trump by 2 percentage points, 48%-46%. Among registered voters, the numbers reversed to give Trump a two-point advantage.

Democrats’ preference for a candidate other than Biden at the top of the ticket in 2024 also was evident in a July survey by the New York Times and Siena College.

The Washington Post-ABC News survey put Biden’s overall approval rating at 39%, with disapproval at 53%. On his handling of the economy, approval was at 36% and disapproval at 57%.

The poll was conducted between Sept. 18 and 21 on a random national sample of 1,006 US adults, including 908 registered voters, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.