Fears of a Purple Wave in Democratic Strongholds Raise Doubts About Biden Campaign
As president Joe Biden’s campaign capabilities Faced with new criticism and daily defections, solidly blue states may translation according to polls and local officials across the country.
With months to go until the general election, some Democratic leaders and polls suggest that State of Minnesota, New Hampshire, New MexicoAnd Virginia—all places that Biden won by large percentage points in 2020—are likely to be moving closer to battleground states for Biden and the former president. Donald Trump.
“The dynamics in each of the four battleground states could be different: Minnesota, for example, has a knack for voting for third-party candidates, while New Mexico has a large Hispanic male population, a group that Mr. Biden has struggled to win over,” The New York Times Nicholas Nehamas And Kellen Browning wrote on Friday. “But according to interviews with local Democratic officials and strategists, fears about Mr. Biden’s age, discontent with inflation and a deeply divided Electoral College are much more profound than many national observers realize, but there is one common thread in all four states.”
This apparent shift in Democratic stronghold states comes after weeks of controversial uproar surrounding Biden’s leadership of the party—and the country for the next four years—after a debate performance at the end of June. As of July 12, according to monitor from time19 representatives, one senator and a growing number of powerful people Donors and business leaders have called for the president to resign, with many expressing concerns about whether Biden can effectively prevent another Trump administration.
“I believe it is time for President Biden to pass the torch,” Rep. Mike Levin of California speak“I am concerned that if he doesn’t make the right choice, our democracy will be threatened,” Illinois Rep. Brad Schneider speak Thursday. “I understand why President Biden wants to run. He saved us from Donald Trump once and he wants to do it again,” Peter WelchThe first senator in the country to urge Biden to drop out, Written in one Washington Post “But he needs to reassess whether he is the best candidate to do so. In my view, he is not,” he said.
Since Biden’s poor debate performance, the president has consistently maintained that he will stay in the race.
In a post-debate interview with ABC George StephanopoulosBiden dismissed concerns that his cognitive health was declining and sought to use his policy legacy as a guarantee of potential future success.
Stephanopoulos asked: “If you were convinced that you could not defeat Donald Trump, would you resign?”
“If God Almighty Comes and told me, I can do it,” then added, “God Almighty will not come down.”
Multiple polls have predicted a tight national race in November, even as discontent grows over the Democratic ticket. ABC News latest/Washington Post/Ipsos Poll Have Biden and Trump are tied. A new national poll from NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist establish Biden has actually increased by a point since last month’s pre-debate poll. And that poll, conducted among registered voters, including those who lean Democratic, puts Biden at 50 percent to Trump’s 48 percent in a two-way presidential matchup.
Still, the state-by-state contests have left Democratic leaders nervous.
ONE Fox News Poll found that in Virginia, where Biden won by more than 450,000 votes in 2020, the race is tied—with the two men each at 48 percent. Virginia has yet to next to with a Republican for two decades, since George W. Bush was re-elected in 2004.
