The polling roundup for President Joe Biden after his disastrous debate last week shows that his standing is continuing to deteriorate quickly around him.
In FiveThirtyEight’s polling average, former President Donald Trump has gone from a 0.2-percentage-point polling lead on Thursday, the day of the debate, to a lead of 1.4 points. It’s a reversal of Trump’s small decline over the past couple of weeks and a gap that is continuing to widen once again. Trump’s RealClearPolitics polling average lead has also risen to 2.7 points, his largest lead since January.
This is showing up in state polls now as well, with Trump’s rising momentum in swing state New Hampshire now having him leading Biden. (Biden won New Hampshire in 2020 by 7.5 points.) Trump also holds a 6-point lead in the latest Pennsylvania poll, his largest polling lead in that state.
A new CNN poll hammers home Biden’s problems. The president’s approval rating is at a new low (36%), his disapproval rating is at a new high (45%), and Biden polls worse against Trump than several of the most common Democratic alternatives. The poll found 56% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters think the party has a better chance to win with someone other than Biden and that Trump has a nationwide 6-point lead over Biden.
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The cracks are also showing among elected Democrats. As of Monday, Biden has not contacted Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) or House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), the two top Democrats in Congress. Nor, reportedly, had Biden reached out to many of the party’s governors, according to Jake Tapper. The blue wall among elected Democrats has also finally cracked, as Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) became the first Democrat in Congress to call on Biden to drop out. (Doggett is 77 years old, in case you are wondering.)
Biden is losing support, both from voters and now from members of his own party. The Democratic National Committee wants to charge forward with Biden’s nomination, but his standing among voters is worsening and Doggett’s abandoning of Biden may lead the dam to break among Democratic politicians. Whether he is ultimately replaced on the ballot or not, his position is weakening rapidly because it is obvious to voters that he is simply too old to continue to do the job he was elected to do.