Another major survey has Democrats in near-panic mode over President Joe Biden as his most likely opponent, former President Donald Trump, won landslide delegate victories in Missouri, Michigan, and Idaho on Saturday.
In a poll released Saturday by The New York Times and Siena College, Biden is trailing former President Donald Trump by five percentage points. Furthermore, Biden is only garnering support from 83 percent of his previous 2020 voters, with ten percent now indicating their backing for Trump.
Democrats who talked with Politico after these results were announced shared similar feelings, comparing the state of affairs to “a slow-motion car crash” and calling the results “pretty concerning.” Politico was informed by Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) that the party’s “level of freak out remains high.”
He told Politico, “I’m not sure this latest poll changed that much.” “Dems are concerned about Biden’s strength as a candidate for a number of reasons, including his age, his message-delivery shortcomings throughout the campaign, and the left’s criticism of Gaza. Personally, I’m not as terrified as most people are. However, I also wish Biden and his group ran more effective campaigns.
The Times claims that Biden is losing supporters not just to Trump but even inside voting blocs that have historically supported the Democrats. Trump, for example, now has a lead among Latinos. The survey also revealed that women are currently evenly divided between Biden and Trump.
Despite the fact that the polls are only “a snapshot in time and the election is a long ways away,” another Democrat told Politico the numbers were alarming.
Notably, the survey found that 43 percent of respondents believe Biden’s policies have hurt them personally, the Times noted.
Biden campaign communications director Michael Tyler told Politico in a statement, however, that the campaign is “ignoring the noise.”
“Whether it’s in special elections or in the presidential primaries, actual voter behavior tells us a lot more than any poll does and it tells a very clear story: Joe Biden and Democrats continue to outperform while Donald Trump and the party he leads are weak, cash-strapped, and deeply divided,” he said. “Our campaign is ignoring the noise and running a strong campaign to win — just like we did in 2020.”
A series of surveys in three battleground states show that Trump is widening his lead over Biden, with the election less than ten months away.