Don't believe the Donald Trump hype, Joe Biden's poll numbers are rising

[Tom of Temecula]

Whisper it gently, but Joe Biden may be on the verge of a comeback. His polling remains anaemic but is ticking upwards. The unloved president has few ardent champions, but fear of Donald Trump’s return to the White House is concentrating minds. While Trump is attracting hardcore supporters like iron filings to a magnet, others are being repelled. If Biden is to have a chance of a second term in office, it is by virtue of being the “Stop Trump” candidate.

If you are a Democrat, there are reasons to be cheerful. First, the numbers. The Economist polling tracker has just put Biden and Trump neck and neck on 44 per cent for the first time since September. At the beginning of this year, Trump led Biden by three points. Bloomberg also released a poll yesterday showing Biden gaining ground in six out of seven crucial swing states. Don’t break out the bubbly yet! Again, these numbers show Biden tied or barely a squeak ahead. It may all be a “blue” (Democratic) mirage.

Call it the margin of error, if you will, but I think something is going on. Looking back at the 2020 election, nobody wanted to vote for Biden any more than they do today. In fact, Biden trailed almost every other Democratic candidate in the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary at the start of that election year before picking up steam. He went on to beat the far-left Bernie Sanders before triumphing over Trump.

Biden has a typically folksy story to account for this success. “My dad used to say, ‘Joey, don’t compare me to the Almighty. Compare me to the alternative.’” Nearly half of Biden voters in the Bloomberg poll said they were voting against Trump, rather than positively for Biden. Trump’s negatives remain high: 53 per cent of US voters disapprove of him, according to the polling organisation FiveThirtyEight. Could the message be getting through that, like it or not, Biden is all that stands between America and Trump’s remorseless return?

https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/donald-trump-joe-biden-poll-us-president-election-2024-b1148007.html

[bamagal62]

1. It's the choice voters have.

And, who the hell wants to have that piece of sh:t in the white house again. We all lived the covid nightmare. Most are traumatized by his 4 years. It’s Biden or pure hell.

[betsuni]

2. "nobody wanted to vote for Biden"; any chance of a Biden victory is a "Stop Trump" candidate;

Hillary "finally admitting she had pneumonia" -- she was diagnosed on Friday and her doctor announced on Sunday -- OMG one whole day (and John Kerry had pneumonia when he ran for president and nobody knew).

What a shitty article.

[Qutzupalotl]

3. Politics is cyclical.

Joe's been around a long time, he understands. Don't want to peak in March.

By Labor Day, Trump will be convicted in New York, and on trial in Georgia. Joe will be doing his job.