Internet backs Donald Trump as recent poll states most Americans want Joe Biden to drop out of 2024 race

WASHINGTON, DC: A vast majority of Americans, including most of President Joe Biden's supporters, want him to withdraw from the presidential race, according to a poll conducted on Thursday, July 11, by ABC News and the Washington Post.

A whopping 67% of participants believe Biden ought to withdraw from the race and 85% believe he is too elderly to run for office again. In the meantime, 60% of respondents, up from 44% in the spring of 2023, also believed that former President Trump was too old to serve a second term.

Majority of self-professed Joe Biden supporters want him to drop out 

Nearly 62% percent of Democrats and voters who identified as leaning Democrat believe Biden should withdraw from the race. Even among those who claim to be Biden supporters, 54% believe he should resign.

In spite of this, the poll revealed a virtual tie between Biden and Trump with 46% of respondents saying they would support the incumbent president and 47% saying they would vote for Trump.

The poll found better outcomes for Democrats if VP Kamala Harris were to replace Joe Biden

Better chances for Democrats, according to the poll, would result from Vice President Kamala Harris challenging Biden as the party's nominee. According to that poll, 49% of respondents supported Harris and 46% supported Trump.

The Thursday poll was conducted online via the probability-based Ipsos KnowledgePanel from July 5-9. The poll was conducted in both English and Spanish and sampled 2,431 US adults. The poll advertises a margin of error of 2%.

Joe Biden faces a growing number of defections from Democratic lawmakers 

The survey is released at a time when Biden's base of Democratic lawmakers and donors is beginning to desert him in greater numbers. In addition to the numerous House members who have urged him to resign, the first Democratic senator, Peter Welch of Vermont, made the same request on Wednesday. 

Celebrity actor George Clooney, meanwhile, spearheaded a Wednesday, July 10, exodus of influential donors and supporters by stating in a New York Times opinion piece that he did not believe Biden could win a second term.

Joe Biden will host his first news conference since the debate

Biden will host his first news conference since the debate later Thursday, July 11, amid the NATO summit in Washington DC. Despite growing anxiety and calls for him to withdraw and allow another candidate to challenge Trump, Biden has vowed to stay in the race. 

"There’s been a lot of speculation: What’s Joe going to do? Is he going to stay in the race? Is he going to drop out? What's he going to do?" Biden said on Friday, July 12, in a speech in Madison, Wisconsin. "Well, here’s my answer: I am running and going to win again," he said.

Internet backs Donald Trump as Joe Biden's supporters want him to quit 

Netizens showed strong support for the former president amid calls for Biden to step down from the race. One user wrote, "Sure. Tied. Yeah, it's a super close race, so Democrats everywhere want someone else. Got it." Another added, "As he should trump 2024 everyday!!" 

"The race isn’t tied false info. Trump leads by a lot just like in 2020 Trump did Win by a lot but fraudulent Dems stole it," opined one and someone else remarked, "Biden must leave after millions of stupid people voted for the golem. Seems like they will ignore election results yet again." 

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