Biden's mixed performance entrenches Democratic divisions over path forward

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : Reps. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), Scott Peters (D-Calif.), Eric Sorensen (D-Ill.), Brittany Petterson (D-Colo.) and Mike Levin (D-Calif.) released statements in the 24 hours afterwards urging the president to pass the torch to a new nominee because, in their eyes, he will not beat Trump in November.
64% : Jeffries, throughout that process, has sought a delicate balance, voicing public support for Biden's candidacy while also emphasizing that the party's ultimate goal is to keep Trump from winning a second term -- whatever it takes.
54% : "You've got to beat Trump, and you've got to be able to serve ably for the next four years."
34% : "Thursday's press conference, which concluded an annual NATO conference in Washington, was the first for Biden since his disastrous debate against Trump last month in Atlanta, where his faltering performance sounded new alarms about his fitness for office and precipitated a slow but steady drip of Democratic lawmakers calling for him to exit the race.

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