“Polls show Biden trailing Trump in key battleground states and polling well behind [Democrat senators] who are running for reelection,” Tapper says.
CNN’s Jake Tapper didn’t have good new for Democrats on Sunday, highlighting the fact that polls are showing Joe Biden dragging down the rest of the party ahead of the election in November.
“So you noted that Biden had had to campaign in addition to being leader to the free world, let’s talk about the campaign because Trump was in battleground Michigan last night making a pitch to African-American voters,” Tapper told Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on “State of the Union.”
“Polls show Biden trailing Trump in key battleground states and polling well behind your senate colleagues who are running for reelection,” Tapper continued.
“Look at this New York Times poll from last month. Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin is up nine points in Wisconsin. Biden’s only up two points. Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey up five in Pennsylvania, Biden’s down three, Arizona Congressman Ruben Gallego, running for Senate in Arizona, up four, Biden down seven. Nevada, Senator Jacky Rosen up two years in Nevada, Biden’s down 12.”
Tapper then asked Murphy how Democrats are going to deal with the political liability of Joe Biden heading into the 2024 election.
“How can you look at this, these statistics, these numbers, and not conclude that Joe Biden is a drag on the ticket?” Tapper asked Murphy.
Murphy replied, “Oh, that’s not going to be the case.”
“But look, look at the numbers!” Tapper exclaimed.
Murphy retorted, “That’s one poll.”
“You are happy for your colleagues, I’m sure, but Biden is underpolling all of them,” Tapper noted.
“That’s one poll,” Murphy said again. “I can also show you 60 other polls that show that Joe Biden is in the lead. There are many polls in swing states that show Joe Biden has a small lead.”
“This is going to be a close race. There’s no doubt about it,” Murphy admitted. “But what we have consistently seen is that Democrats are outperforming polls because we’re seeing a surge of turnout, especially young people who are freaked out that Republicans led by Donald Trump are going to take away their right to reproductive healthcare, are going to destroy our democracy.”
