Nearly 70 percent of progressive voters think Biden should suspend his campaign: poll

Nearly 70 percent of progressive voters believe President Biden should abandon his campaign following last week’s debate performance, according to a new poll.

The poll, conducted by Our Revolution, included more than 17,000 progressive Democratic voters, 67 percent of whom say it is time for Biden to step down.

Calls for a new candidate have been muted in recent days by the White House and Biden’s campaign, with Biden and his team insisting he is ready to beat former President Trump.

Although Biden’s lackluster performance in the debate has caused panic among Democrats about his ability to lead the country and take on Trump in the November election, he has not lost much support among progressive voters.

Only 32 percent of respondents said they would support Biden less after the debate, while 57 percent said his performance had no impact on their support.

The results suggest that while Democrats are pushing the party to find a replacement candidate for the top nomination, they may fall in line if Biden stays to run against Trump.

The poll was first reported on Tuesday in Politico Playbook.

Fifteen percent of progressives say they are probably or very likely not to vote for Biden if he continues to be nominated, and 11 percent are unsure what they would do. Sixty-five percent say they are very likely to vote for Biden, according to the poll.

In general, progressive voters said they were worried that Trump would win the election. Thirty-eight percent said they felt sad after the debate, 35 percent felt frustrated and 11 percent felt angry. Only 9 percent of progressives felt motivated or hopeful, according to the survey.

The Our Revolution poll was conducted by email among 17,410 progressive voters in the 72 hours immediately following the debate.

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