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A new poll found that only a quarter of Democrats believe that President Joe Biden is in the throes of cognitive decline.
A new Harvard-Harris Poll reveals that 55 percent of Americans “have doubts about his fitness,” compared to the 41 percent who believe “he is mentally fit,” of that composition, 76 percent of Democrats believe there is no issue with Biden’s mental health.
A separate poll found that Biden’s net approval rating decreased by over four points in the first half of 2023.
An Echelon Insights survey of 472 likely Democrat voters found that a whopping one-third said they would support another candidate other than President Joe Biden in a Democratic primary ahead of the 2024 election.
The survey found that 60 percent said they would “definitely” or “probably” back Biden in a Democratic presidential primary if the vote took place today. Another 33% indicated they would choose to support a different Democrat, while 7% said they were undecided.
“In the same poll, Biden receives more support when the names of two Democratic primary challengers—environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nephew of President John F. Kennedy and son of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and self-help author Marianne Williamson—are included in a question about who voters would back in a Democratic presidential primary,” Newsweek reported.
A separate poll found Biden’s job approval is stagnant and Vice President Kamala Harris has a low approval rating as the 2024 election creeps closer.
“President Biden’s disapproval rating has ticked up to include a slim majority of voters, according to a poll. In an Emerson College poll released Thursday, 51 percent of respondents said they disapprove of Biden’s performance as president, up 2 percentage points from April. Just 41 percent of voters approved of Biden’s job as president, which is consistent with the April poll,” The Hill reported.
“Biden has been fundraising for his reelection campaign in California as part of a travel blitz to raise money ahead of his first 2024 campaign finance report in July. The poll also found that 73 percent of Democratic primary voters would vote for Biden, which is much higher compared to his Democratic primary challengers. Only 15 percent of voters said they would vote for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and 3 percent would vote for Marianne Williamson,” the outlet added.
According to an explosive report from CNN, several leading Democrats and donors continue to contact those who are thought to be potential replacement presidential candidates.
In conversations that aides to several of the participants have described to CNN, they allegedly claimed that Biden won’t be running for re-election, despite what he’s said and the campaign that’s been declared.
They believe that the clock is ticking and that the lack of the more vigorous campaign activity they desire is evidence that he doesn’t truly believe in the cause.
“It’s a persistent sense that the inner circle of advisers to the president and several of the very few aides who have been hired for his reelection campaign dismiss as absurd. Of course, he is running, they say. Of course, they’re taking preparations very seriously. And, with the always-present Biden chip on their shoulder, of course, they’re being written off again by the purported wise elders of the party and pundits who still refuse to take him seriously,” CNN reported.
The report added: “Anxiety, complaints, and apocalyptic thinking that have often defined Democrats in the Biden years are about to get their latest Rorschach test, with the disclosure of fundraising for the first few months of his campaign – which must be filed by Saturday.”
“This is a five-alarm fire for the Democratic Party,” Tom Beaven, who founded Real Clear Politics, said of Democrats’ bad polling.
