Overview

• A Daily Mail/J.L. Partners survey of 1,013 registered voters conducted July 9–10 found Obama leading Trump 52% to 41% in a hypothetical third-term matchup.
• Obama garnered especially strong backing from Hispanic voters (73%), Black voters (68%) and independents (50%) compared with 39% support for Trump among independents.
• The 22nd Amendment bars any president from serving more than two terms and would require a two-thirds supermajority in both houses of Congress and ratification by 38 states to change.
• No formal legislation to repeal or amend the presidential term limit has advanced in Congress, and there is no significant political momentum behind such an effort.
• While Trump has suggested potential legal workarounds for a third term, constitutional scholars widely regard any attempt as almost certainly blocked under existing law.