Nearly two-thirds of Democrats want Biden to withdraw, new AP-NORC poll finds
Nearly two-thirds of Democrats want Biden to withdraw, new AP-NORC poll finds
The new poll sharply undercuts President Biden's post-debate claim that “average Democrats” are still with him.
Nearly two-thirds of Democrats say President Joe Biden should withdraw from the presidential race and let his party nominate a different candidate, according to a new poll, sharply undercutting his post-debate claim that “average Democrats” are still with him even if some “big names” are turning on him.
The new survey by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, conducted as Biden works to salvage his candidacy two weeks after his debate flop, also found that only about 3 in 10 Democrats are extremely or very confident that he has the mental capability to serve effectively as president, down slightly from 40% in an AP-NORC poll in February.
The findings underscore the challenges the 81-year-old president faces as he tries to silence calls from within his own party to leave the race and tries to convince Democrats that he’s the best candidate to defeat Donald Trump. The poll was conducted mostly before Saturday’s assassination attempt on Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. It’s unclear whether the shooting influenced people’s views of Biden, but the small number of poll interviews completed after the shooting provided no early indication that his prospects improved.
No they don't.
They wanted Joe to not run again in the first place, and for the DNC to nominate someone else.
Don't get me wrong, biden's administration has done amazing work. We are just so focused on the stupid horse race that we're not actually picking a leader.
The main difference between Joe Biden and Donald Trump is then Biden isn't a raging narcissist. He has surrounded himself with competent people who are quietly doing a great job of running the government.
Biden's response:
And this is the difference between democrats and republicans. Even after getting his ass impeached twice, inciting insurrection, getting convicted for rape and felonies - voters and his party are firmly behind Trump.
Whereas Biden must step aside because he stuttered during debate. A lot of people - including those demanding peace in Ukraine and Middle East - are in for a solid pikachu face when they help elect literal Nazi because of these fucking purity tests
3 democrats in my house and none of us think that.
Meaningless if you can't get them to agree on a different candidate.
This poll is irrelevant. Great for generating sensational articles, sure, but this question doesn't matter. There's only one poll question that means anything at this point:
If the 2024 US presidential election were held today, would you cast your vote for Joe Biden or Donald Trump?
Beating trump is more important than Joe Biden being president.
Especially when most of his time in office he wouldn't stop talking about how powerless he is as president and how if anyone thought he could accomplish anything it just meant they're ignorant.
So like, what's the benefit of insisting it's Biden when he's not who voters want?
It just seems like a terrible risk for zero gain.
If what matters is the House and Senate, then we need a charismatic presidential candidate who helps Dems down ballot.
He needs to step down. He did much better work as president than many of his critics give him credit for, and his initial decision to run again, while in hindsight fucking ruinous, was operating off of conventional political wisdom. What he needs to do now is recognize that he's lost the confidence of the party and the electorate, and step down, regardless of what he thinks about the sharpness of his faculties.
Can't wait to hear why this poll doesn't matter but the one that said everyone else does the same or worse does matter. Don't let me down lemmy centrists.
Never happen.
DNC komissars are still working this thing
Jfc
Democracy
in actioninaction.