In BDN column, Jared Golden says he thinks Donald Trump will beat Joe Biden

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : In Maine, a model from the BDN's national election results partners at Decision Desk HQ gives Biden a 64 percent chance of winning the state, while Trump is a 94 percent bet in the 2nd District.
52% : Maine has voted for the Democratic candidate in every presidential election since 1992 but saw Trump win the one elector from the 2nd Congressional District in 2016 and 2020.
28% : Golden shared his thoughts Tuesday in a Bangor Daily News op-ed that did not explicitly call for Biden to step aside, something other party members have requested but that top Democrats have ruled out after the president's shaky debate against Trump last week reinforced his age of 81 as a top concern for voters across the country.
25% : "Recognizing that, unlike Trump, President Biden's first commitment has always been to our country, not himself, I am hopeful that he will make the painful and difficult decision to withdraw."
14% : Various Maine Democrats stood by Biden after last Thursday's debate in which the 81-year-old president struggled to finish some of his responses while Trump repeated numerous false claims, particularly about the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol.
13% : "Trump, like Biden, is unpopular in polls, and he still faces numerous criminal cases after becoming the first former president to get convicted of a felony in May.
10% : "Unlike Biden and many others, I refuse to participate in a campaign to scare voters with the idea that Trump will end our democratic system," wrote Golden, a centrist who voted against Biden more than any other House Democrat in 2023 and has three times won the rural, expansive 2nd District carried by Trump in 2016 and 2020.

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