According to Politico, leading Democrats are furious after new polls show negative results for President Joe Biden.
Biden is trailing former President Donald Trump by 5 points and only attracted 83% of voters last time out in 2020, but 10% now support Trump, according to The New York Times and Siena College. answered that they do poll It was released on Saturday.who is the democrat party talked After the announcement, Politico responded that the results had the feel of a “slow-motion car crash” and were “quite alarming.”
Democratic Washington state Rep. Adam Smith told Politico that “the level of abnormality remains high” within the party. (Related: 10 percent of 2020 Biden voters back Trump: poll)
“I don't know if the latest polls have changed things much,” he told Politico. “Democrats are concerned about Mr. Biden's strength as a candidate for a variety of reasons, including his age, his weaknesses, and the campaign as a whole in terms of getting his message across, the attack on Gaza by the left. Personally. As for me, I'm not as panicked as others…but I also wish Biden and his team had been a stronger campaigner.”
NEW: NYT national poll conducted on the eve of Super Tuesday and the State of the Union:
Trump: 48%
Biden: 43%Biden leads among nonwhite voters who did not attend college by a 47-41 margin, a sign of weakness within the usual Democratic coalition.
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Not only is Biden losing voters to Trump, but he's also losing voters from traditionally Democratic voting blocs, the NYT reported. According to the New York Times, for example, Trump has a lead among Latinos, and support among women is evenly split between Trump and Biden.
“This feels like a slow-motion car crash,” an anonymous Democrat told the magazine. “Mr. Trump has deep and serious flaws. I don't think women are in a bind. Maybe Biden can still rally his base. But it's too late. If you don’t, you don’t need to pay attention.”
Another Democratic lawmaker told Politico that the results were alarming, even though the polls “measure the passage of time and the election is a long way away.”
“Voter sentiment on the economy remains low,” the person said. “There's a huge divide among voters of color. This should be a wake-up call that things have to get better and change. The response can't be to do all the cross tabulations accurately. [NYT Chief Political Analyst] Nate Cohn, otherwise tell people to calm down. ”
The poll found that 43% of voters think Biden's policies have hurt them personally.
Biden campaign communications director Michael Tyler said in a statement to Politico that the campaign is “ignoring the noise.”
“Actual voter behavior, whether it's a special election or a presidential primary, tells us more than any poll, and it tells a very clear story. Joe Biden and the Democratic Party continue to excel. “But Donald Trump and his party are weak. They are cash-strapped and deeply fractured,” he said. “Our campaign is ignoring the noise and running a strong campaign to win just like we did in 2020.”
The Biden campaign did not respond to requests for comment.
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