62% of Dems Say Biden Needs to Drop Out of Race
According to a Thursday poll from ABC News and the Washington Post, a now majority of Americans want President Biden to drop out of the race.
The Latest Biden Poll:
According to the poll released this morning July 11, 2024. 67% of respondents say Biden should drop out of the race, and 85% say he is too old to serve out a second term.
But not far on Biden’s heals, 60% of respondents also said former President Trump is too old for a second term, up from 44% in the spring of 2023.
Among Democrats and voters who said they lean Democratic, 62% say Biden needs to drop out of the race. Even 54% of the people who identify as staunch Biden supporters say he needs to step out of the Presidential race.
Polls are just polls
Take a deep breath, and remember that this IS JUST a poll conducted online that sampled 2,431 U.S. adults. It was conducted by probability-based Ipsos KnowledgePanel from July 5-9 and advertises a margin of error of 2%.
This is the same polling company that said Hilary Clinton had a 43% to 37% margin against Trump days before the 2016 Election (October 26, 2016).
The writing on the wall
Nobody wants to tell the emperor that he has no clothes. But there’s a reason Democratic power brokers made sure the Presidential debate happened 4 months before the election (the earliest of its kind in history). They knew if Biden faltered, they’d need time to replace him.
Now with the biggest Dem donors withholding their contributions, and even celebrity endorsers like Clooney are writing Op-Eds in the New York Times like this “George Clooney: I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee”.
When the polls, the media, and the money have all turned, the final leg to topple is the party. It seems the writing is on the wall and potential candidates like Wes Moore, Kamala Harris, Gretchen Whitmer, Gavin Newsom, Andy Beshear and J.B. Pritzker must be gathering in the wings…
If Biden refuses to step down then there is currently not enough opposition within his own party to remove him from the ticket. But that can change, fast.
If he decides to step down, then his replacement will be decided by party members at the Democratic convention from August 19 to 22, which makes the convention reminiscent of those in the 1960s. (When JFK and LBJ emerged as the candidates).
Keep in mind, it will be the ‘super delegates’ who chose our Presidential nominee…not the American voters.
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