by Dianelis Hernandez
More than two-thirds of Americans and 54% of Democratic voters believe that US President Joe Biden should withdraw from the electoral race that will decide the next US president in November.
His re-election bid against Republican Donald Trump is a source of strong criticism in society, within his own party and in the media, according to a poll released Thursday.
The ABC News / Washington Post poll found that only 30% of voters believe Biden should remain in the race at age 81. Doubts grew after the June 27 presidential debate, which once again called into question his mental agility and ability to serve a second four-year term.
Only 42% of Democratic voters believe Biden should remain in the race, while more than 70% of independent voters, needed to win the White House, believe the president should drop out and make way for Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the ticket, according to the poll.
The poll also maintains that voting intention at the national level remains tied at 46% for both Biden and Trump, while in a hypothetical confrontation between Harris and Trump, the current vice president would obtain 49% of the votes compared to Trump’s 47%.
The data study was conducted between July 5 and 9 among more than 2,400 American adults, with a margin of error of 2%, they said.
The poll comes a day after actor George Clooney published an op-ed in the New York Times where, after reaffirming that he is a “lifelong Democrat,” he shared his views on Biden’s chances in the upcoming presidential election, titled ” I love Joe Biden. But we need a new candidate .”
The star of films such as Eleventh Hour and Assassin’s Creed said: “We are not going to win in November with this president. Furthermore, we will not win the House of Representatives and we will lose the Senate. This is not just my opinion; it is the opinion of every senator, member of Congress and governor I have spoken to privately. Every single one of them, regardless of what they say publicly.”
Representative Nancy Pelosi , a former House speaker who remains influential in Democratic politics, also suggested during a television interview that “it’s up to the president to decide whether he’s going to run.”
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Dianelis Hernandez is a writer for ADN America.
