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on Mon Nov 6 07:11:31 2023, in response to NY Times/Siena Poll: Trump leads Biden in five out of six battleground states, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Nov 5 14:17:02 2023.
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Democrat strategist David Axelrod who led efforts to get Obama elected suggests Biden dropping out of 2024 after release of damning pollThe political strategist who propelled Joe Biden into the vice presidency in 2008 has suggested the president should consider exiting the 2024 race after another brutal poll.
David Axelrod pointed to Sunday polling from The New York Times and Siena College that shows the 80-year-old trialing behind Donald Trump in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania.
'Only Joe Biden can make this decision. If he continues to run, he will be the nominee of the Democratic Party,' Axelrod said on X, formerly Twitter.
'What he needs to decide is whether that is wise; whether it's in HIS best interest or the country's?' It's very late to change horses; a lot will happen in the next year that no one can predict & Biden's team says his resolve to run is firm.
He's defied CW before but this will send tremors of doubt thru the party—not "bed-wetting," but legitimate concern. https://t.co/g6zeWF0T87
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) November 5, 2023
Yes, there also is risk associated with changing course now, as there is little time left for a primary campaign—and campaigns are how we test candidates. (Re @RonDeSantis.) But there is a lot of leadership talent in the Democratic Party, poised to emerge.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) November 5, 2023
The @POTUS is justly proud of his accomplishments. Trump is a dangerous, unhinged demagogue whose brazen disdain for the rules, norms, laws and institutions or democracy should be disqualifying. But the stakes of miscalculation here are too dramatic to ignore.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) November 5, 2023
Only @JoeBiden can make this decision. If he continues to run, he will be the nominee of the Democratic Party. What he needs to decide is whether that is wise; whether it's in HIS best interest or the country's?
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) November 5, 2023 The poll of 3,662 registered voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin was conducted between Oct. 22 to Nov. 3. The margin of error for each state is between 4.4 and 4.8 percentage points.
Biden is ahead only in Wisconsin, by 2 percentage points, and falls to Trump in the five other states by margins of four to 10 percentage points among registered voters, according to the poll.
Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania were four of the states the Democrat beat then-president Donald Trump in during their 2020 White House face-off.
Axelrod, who is known for his work on former President Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 campaigns and served as a senior adviser in his administration said of the data, 'This will send tremors of doubt thru the party--not 'bed-wetting,' but legitimate concern.'
'Yes, there also is risk associated with changing course now, as there is little time left for a primary campaign--and campaigns are how we test candidates.'
'Trump is a dangerous, unhinged demagogue whose brazen disdain for the rules, norms, laws and institutions or democracy should be disqualifying. But the stakes of miscalculation here are too dramatic to ignore,' he said.
In 2019, Axelrod told The New Yorker, 'Joe Biden would be perhaps the strongest candidate, because he would cut into some of those areas of strength of Trump.'
Axelrod is credited for revolutionizing modern day campaigning for his winning media management strategy for Obama and Biden's 2008 and 2012 campaigns.
The same poll revealed that two-thirds of the electorate sees the country moving in the wrong direction under Biden.
Just 37 percent of people say they trusted Biden with the economy, compared to 59 percent with Trump - which is one of the largest issue gaps, the polling suggested.
Biden's bragging rights on 'Bidenomics' has fallen short too - with a measly two percent saying the economy was 'excellent' during his tenure.
According to the statistics, young voters under the age of 30 are only favoring Biden by a single percentage point - and men are preferring Trump by double the margin that women are choosing Biden.
Voters across all income levels felt that policies under Biden had hurt them personally (18 points disadvantage) whereas Trump's policies had helped them (17 point advantage.)
Biden's senile age of 80 also played a massive factor, according to the data. 71 percent of the pollsters - from every demographic - said he was 'too old.'
Comparatively, just 39 percent saw Trump, 77, as too old.
Voters also preferred Trump over Biden on immigration, national security, and on the current Israel Palestine by 12, 12, and 11 points respectively.
Meanwhile, Biden's pull with Hispanic voters is down to single digits and traditionally Democratic black voters are now registering 22 percent support for Trump.
'Gallup predicted an eight-point loss for President Obama only for him to win handily a year later. We'll win in 2024 by putting our heads down and doing the work, not by fretting about a poll,' ' said Kevin Munoz, a spokesman for Biden's campaign told The New York Times.
DailyMail.com found out of 1,000 voters in a hypothetical 2024 head-to-head poll Trump takes a one-point lead over Biden.
One year out from election day on November 5, 2024, Biden's Gallup approval rating stands at 37 percent.
That is lower at the same stage than his six immediate predecessors - Donald Trump, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan.
Only Jimmy Carter, who was on 32 percent, was more unpopular than Biden with a year to go, and Carter went on to lose in a landslide.
Biden has raised concerns over his age with recent gaffes from looking confused how to exit a stage at events and slipping up on telling stories.
On October 14, he was shepherded off stage by his wife Jill after delivering remarks at a Human Rights Campaign dinner.
Video showed the First Lady rejoining her husband and helping him exit the stage after the couple gave keynote speeches in Washington, DC.
The president turned to his right side, waving to the audience, before Jill touched his arm and led him in the opposite direction.
On September 20, the 80-year-old president gaffed with Brazil's President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the United Nations.
Before delivering his speech, Biden stumbled into a seven-foot Brazilian flag, leaving it teetering as he approached the podium.
Two days later, video showed the president appearing to get lost while walking off stage and asking crowd how to leave.
Following his remarks at the Global Fund Conference, he began exiting the stage before abruptly stopping in his tracks and looking around with an appearance of confusion on his face.
He then seemed to ask people on the ground how to get off stage and did a few stuttering steps.
In September, at a private fundraising event in New York, he told the same story twice within minutes about how Charlottesville inspired him to run in 2020.
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