Biden rode the perception of electability to victory in 2020. But now it may be his undoing.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : And the Cook Political Report, the well-respected electoral handicappers whose analysis is treated as gospel in Washington, shifted six states toward Trump in its forecast.
36% : "Trump is an existential threat to American democracy; it is our duty to put forward the strongest candidate against him," Rep. Pat Ryan, D-N.Y., who won an upstate New York swing district in a high-profile special election, said on X. "Joe Biden is a patriot but is no longer the best candidate to defeat Trump.
36% : But Trump was ahead in the polls for months before the debate, and things deteriorated after.
35% : Another battleground lawmaker, Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., issued her own statement calling on Biden to step aside and telling reporters that while the party is divided about him, it is "unanimous in our desire to beat Trump.
27% : Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, up for re-election in the critical battleground state of Wisconsin, wouldn't tell reporters much, but she said Wednesday that conversations behind closed doors have been "focused on defeating Trump.
22% : Now, the party is threatening to ditch Biden -- the only person who has actually beaten Trump -- because it is convinced he can't win again and may take the rest of the party down with him.
2% : Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, have privately expressed doubts about Biden's ability to beat Trump but have remained silent publicly.

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