Joe Biden is sinking in the polls, even among Democrats. That singular fact has the president scrambling to stave off disaster.
In his case, “disaster” is a delegation of old, wise heads in the Democratic Party paying a visit to the White House asking Biden to step away from the 2024 election before his party gets steamrolled.
At first, he probably won’t go. But sometime before the convention next August, he will face the prospect of a revolt by delegates and a humiliating defeat by his own party. At that point, he will have no choice but to go.
His only chance to avoid that is to turn his fortunes around with his own party. And where his support has slipped the most is in the 18-30 age group.
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“Joe Biden is at a uniquely low point in his presidency, and a significant part of this, especially within the Biden coalition, is due to how Americans are viewing his foreign policy actions,” said Democratic pollster Jeff Horwitt of Hart Research Associates, who conducted the NBC News poll with Republican pollster Bill McInturff of Public Opinion Strategies.
“This poll is a stunner, and…
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