The latest national NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, released last week, found that Biden and Trump remain statistically tied, even in the aftermath of the widely panned debate. A Harris-Trump matchup also shows a statistical tie.
NPR Network's live updates pageWith doubts swirling about President Biden's political future, so too are questions about how the party might fare without him come the general election in November.Calls for the president to drop out of the race have only grown in the weeks since his poor debate performance in June, with, released last week, found that Biden and Trump remain statistically tied, even in the aftermath of the widely panned debate.
Biden leads Trump 50% to 48% in a head-to-head matchup — but that gap is within the survey’s margin of error of +/- 3.3 percentage points.The poll also found that none of the Democrats who have been mentioned as possible alternatives — including California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer — performed any better than Biden when compared to Trump.
"So there is no clear Democratic alternative, though, as Democrats who have called for Biden to step aside would argue, those candidates could all make the case more coherently for themselves and the party," NPR's And those numbers could look different after this week, since the RNC is expected to give Trump a boost, as party conventions typically do for their nominees.Rachel Treisman is a writer and editor for the Morning Edition live blog, which she helped launch in early 2021.
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