Recent polls have revealed that core supporters of President Biden are questioning whether he should remain in the 2024 presidential race.
The poll was conducted by USA Today/Suffolk University from Friday through Monday, with pollsters using probability-proportional telephone calls to 1,000 respondents in every state across the U.S.
More than four in 10 Democrats in the poll said Democrats should step in and remove Biden from the running. Overall, 54% of voters surveyed supported Biden dropping out.
According to a press release from Suffolk University, the poll also noted that Trump’s support base “appears to have grown stronger since the debates,” with only 14% of Republicans saying the GOP should remove Trump from the running, even after his recent conviction.
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President Joe Biden stands at the podium during the first presidential debate of the 2024 presidential election between himself and former President Donald Trump, Thursday, June 27, 2024, at CNN studios in Atlanta, Georgia. (Kevin D. Lyles for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The poll also noted that Trump won the debate by a 5-to-1 margin, or 50% to 11%, and only 28% of Biden supporters said the incumbent president won.
“Most voters cited mental acuity as a factor in their opinions of both candidates’ debate performances,” the statement said. “Critics of the 81-year-old Biden’s performance used words like ‘confused’ and ‘incoherent.'”
“Supporters of the 78-year-old Trump praised the candidate with words like ‘coherent/articulate’ and ‘aware/present.'”
Biden’s weak debate performance continues to rattle Democrats, and on Monday, one of Biden’s longtime Senate colleagues called for a new nomination.
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US President Joe Biden (right) and former US President Donald Trump attend the first presidential debate in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Thursday, June 27, 2024. Biden and Trump will face off in the first debate of 2024, which could be both a huge opportunity to win the hearts and minds of a politics-weary American public, but also a disastrous failure. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
talk Julie Gamack’s Iowa Potluck, Former Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin called Thursday’s debate “a disaster from which Biden will not recover.”
“Of course, Mr. Trump’s answers were incoherent, incomprehensible and full of lies, but they were delivered forcefully and honestly,” he said. “I also think every sitting Democratic senator should write Mr. Biden asking him to remove his delegates and step down once the convention has chosen a new nominee.”
“Maybe a few governors need to do the same.”
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President Biden (left) and First Lady Jill Biden arrive at McGuire Air Force Base in Burlington County, New Jersey, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Fox News Digital reached out to the Biden and Trump campaigns but did not immediately receive a response.
Fox News Digital’s Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.
