Nearly two-thirds of Democrats say President Joe Biden should withdraw from the presidential race and let his party nominate a different candidate, according to a new poll.
DARLENE SUPERVILLE, AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX and EMILY SWANSONOn Saturday, roughly an hour before the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump -- President Joe Biden was in the midst of a heated phone call with moderate House Democrats.
The poll provides some evidence that Black Democrats are among Biden's strongest supporters, with roughly half in the survey saying he should continue running, compared to about 3 in 10 white and Hispanic Democrats. Overall, seven in 10 Americans think Biden should drop out, with Democrats only slightly less likely than Republicans and independents to say that he should make way for a new nominee.
"I just feel like these two individuals are a sad choice," said Alexi Mitchell, 35, a civil servant who lives in Virginia. She identifies as a Democratic-leaning independent, and while she thinks Biden is probably still mentally up to the job, she worries that the past few weeks' unraveling of support makes him a weak candidate, no matter what happens next. "If he doesn't have control over his own party, that's a fatal flaw," she said.
David Parrott, a Democrat from Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, was willing to give Biden the benefit of the doubt given the president's age, but he still voiced concerns about a potential second term.
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