[WaPo] The top Democrats calling on Biden to drop out of the 2024 election

It really be your own people.

 

I think at this point, Biden will not be asked to drop out, as there is really no point, since it will not make a difference.

 

People could be calling for him to drop out as a political maneuver, to be on record as calling for him to drop out if he loses even knowing that he will run anyway.

 

Doubling down on Harris would be nice if she had some pull in swing states.

That's for the 538 Morey geeks to unravel but it's doubtful a Californian like her would be relatable.

With how late it is in the process is the only option left where Biden officially retires?

 

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I don't think the people wanting him to drop out want Harris. They want Newsom, Buttigieg, Whitmer, Shapiro, etc. No one (with a brain) thinks Kamala Harris is the favorite to be President in 2025.

 

If he were straight yea he'd have a better shot than anyone else as it is Buttigieg is a no go.

 

I still think anyone but Biden would have a shot of winning. Surviving an assassination attempt did not make Trump's policies or personality any less toxic to the people who voted against him in 2020 and 2022 in the midterms. It solidified Republican excitement to vote for him, but I'd be shocked if it swung anyone his way.

Dropping Biden would reinvigorate Democratic and anti-Trump voters. The states everyone wants - Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania - all have Democratic governors and senators (except for Ron Johnson who barely won in 2022) that have run strongly against the modern GOP.

I maintain that Gretchen Whitmer would win those three states and the election.

 

This presumes a smooth transition.

The whole thing could be a fiasco. There's a lot of different factions in the Democratic coalition.

 

The polling on this is very interesting. Even with everything that has gone wrong for the Biden campaign it hasn’t plummeted as would be expected. That’s created the problem that is keeping Biden from dropping out but given that a lot of polling shows many democrats want someone else they this isn’t a pro- Biden support but Anti-Trump. That would mean that anyone the Democrats run would likely start out with that support

I too feel that Whitmer would be the best choice but I get the feeling she is less likely than Harris if Biden were to drop out.

 

It could be but the one factor that unites Democrats is wanting to beat Trump.

 

I also doubt this. Democratic infighting isn't an endorsement of Republican policies or Trump.

If anything, I think the polling shows Democratic voters are desperate for anyone but Biden. Senate races in the must-win states show he is trailing Democratic candidates by a large margin. If your hypothesis were true I'd expect that to also show in the Senate polling. To my knowledge it doesn't.