Pollster Nate Silver is floating the idea of President Joe Biden possibly dropping out of the presidential race due to his approval numbers.
“It’s more than fair to ask,” he wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Silver, the founder of “FiveThirtyEight,” posted Biden’s disapproval numbers, an estimate as of June 10, showing 56.6% disapprove of the president while 37.6% approve.
“Biden just hit a new all-time low in approval (37.4%) at 538 yesterday,” Silver wrote. He continued:
“Dropping out would be a big risk. But there’s some threshold below which continuing to run is a bigger risk. Are we there yet? I don’t know. But it’s more than fair to ask.
Silver then suggested Democrats would be in a better position “if Biden had decided a year ago not to seek a second term, which would have allowed them to have some semblance of a primary process and give voters a say among the many popular Democrats across the country.”
Axios reported on May 14 that Biden and many of his closest advisers do not believe his bad poll numbers, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Silver knocked those who say “Trump should drop out too,” labeling it a “weird dunk on people who are pointing out that Biden has big challenges.”
He also shared that he believes former President Donald Trump should drop out.
FiveThirtyEight finds that Trump holds 41% of support while Biden has 40% in the 2024 presidential election polls, as of June 10.
