‘These Numbers Are Atrocious’: CNN’s Harry Enten Says He’s Not ‘Quite Sure’ Dems ‘Can Do Any Worse’ Than With Biden
CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten said on Tuesday that President Joe Biden is polling horrifically and any other Democratic candidate may do better against former President Donald Trump. Biden talked with a raspy…
CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten said on Tuesday that President Joe Biden is polling horrifically and any other Democratic candidate may do better against former President Donald Trump.
Biden talked with a raspy voice and trailed off during his Thursday debate against Trump, prompting Americans to worry about his age and competence for another term in office. Enten on “CNN News Central” said Biden is polling far behind Trump after the debate and that he’s unsure of whether any other Democrat could perform worse as the party’s nominee.
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“These numbers are atrocious for Joe Biden. That’s the only way you can put it. I guess the good news, when you match him up against Donald Trump, is that he hasn’t lost any ground from where he was back in April. But he was trailing in April by six points and he’s trailing by six points now,” Enten said. “And I just think you have to take back a step and look at where we were four years ago at this point. Joe Biden was leading Donald Trump by nine points. This is just a completely different race, one in which Donald Trump has led basically continuously, at least during 2024, and one in which his lead, if anything, is holding or even getting larger right now, high single-digits.”
“And I think there’s, of course, the big question, is: could another Democrat do better than Joe Biden against Donald Trump? And this new poll says, or at least suggests, that perhaps they could, because take a look here. Yes, Joe Biden is trailing Donald Trump by six percentage points, but look at this. Versus Kamala Harris, the vice president, it’s just a two-point race with no clear leader,” he continued. “So when I look at polls like this and you see the first call for Joe Biden to get out of the race from a member of Congress on the Democratic side, I don’t think polling like this will stop those calls. I would only expect them to get louder if polling like this holds in other surveys.”