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President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. An overwhelming majority of Americans want new political leadership in 2024, according to a new poll. (AP Photo/File)

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Voters, unenthusiastic about a Trump vs. Biden rematch in 2024, are increasingly open to dumping the Republican and Democrat ticket entirely for an independent candidate.

In this file photo, boxes of the drug mifepristone line a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Women seeking medication abortion from Planned Parenthood of Montana will now be required to show proof of residency in a bid to prevent the sale of pills to women from states where abortions are banned. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File) **FILE**

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In this file photo from August 21, 2019, counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway speaks with reporters outside the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. Johnson is battling to stay in power after his government was rocked by the resignation of two top ministers. His first challenge is getting through Wednesday, where he faces tough questions at the weekly Prime Minister's Questions session in Parliament, and a long-scheduled grilling by a committee of senior lawmakers. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

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Jerry Harris talks to an actress on the red carpet at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, Feb. 9, 2020. A federal judge Wednesday, July 6, 2022, sentenced Harris, a former star of the Netflix documentary series “Cheer,” to 12 years in prison for coercing teenage boys to send him obscene photos and videos of themselves and soliciting sex from minors at cheerleading competitions. (AP Photo/John Locher File)

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In this file photo, Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, running for an open U.S. Senate seat in Ohio, speaks to supporters after the polls closed on primary election day Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Ryan is among a number of Democratic candidates who will steer clear of President Joe Biden when Mr. Biden visits Ohio Wednesday, July 6, 2022, in a signal that party lawmakers on the ballot in November are wary of being dragged down by the increasingly unpopular president. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete) **FILE**

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In this file photo, boxes of the drug mifepristone line a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Women seeking medication abortion from Planned Parenthood of Montana will now be required to show proof of residency in a bid to prevent the sale of pills to women from states where abortions are banned. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File) **FILE**

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Police patrol during the trial of four persons, including an Iranian diplomate and Belgian-Iranian couple at the courthouse in Antwerp, Belgium, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. An Iranian official on Thursday was convicted of masterminding a thwarted bomb attack against an exiled Iranian opposition group in France in 2018 and sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Belgian court that rejected his claim of diplomatic immunity. Assadollah Assadi, a Vienna-based diplomat detained in Belgium, refused to testify during his trial last year, invoking his diplomatic status. He did not attend Thursday's hearing at the Antwerp courthouse. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

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