President Joe Biden tried to give himself a new nickname on Thursday — and it fell so flat, it may actually hurt his 2024 election campaign.
Biden simply cannot get out of his own way, and recent polls show he’s badly trailing former President Donald Trump in almost every battleground state.
Speaking at a Greek Independence Day celebration on Thursday, Biden lauded Greek-Americans’ contributions to the United States and the roots of our democracy that trace back to ancient Greece.
And tried to give himself a cringe-worthy nickname that Republican critics latched onto.
Take a look —
"I am Joe Bidenopolous" pic.twitter.com/NrES4O7kYI
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 4, 2024
With just seven months until the presidential election, new polls indicate Trump holds an edge over incumbent Biden in almost all of the crucial swing states that will likely to decide their high-stakes rematch.
A Wall Street Journal poll released Tuesday found Trump topping Biden in six of seven battlegrounds surveyed – Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, and North Carolina.
The former president’s leads ranged from one point in Georgia to six points in North Carolina when third-party candidates were included.
These results largely mirror a recent national NPR/PBS/Marist poll showing Trump narrowly trailing Biden by just two points among likely voters, with a significant 52%-45% advantage over the president among independents.
A Marquette Law School poll was essentially a tossup, with Biden holding a slim four-point lead among those most likely to turn out.
The findings underscore Biden’s struggles to consolidate key Democratic constituencies like young and Latino voters.
Crucially, nearly half of respondents in swing states view the 81-year-old as lacking the “mental and physical fitness” for another term compared to the 77-year-old Trump.
While Biden currently claims a fundraising cash advantage over Trump’s operation, that has done little to boost his standing in states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Nevada – three former “blue wall” bastions he flipped in 2020 but where he now trails the former president.
Trump’s resilience comes despite his historically unmatched legal jeopardy in four cases related to the 2020 election, handling of classified records, and hush money payments. He is also in the process of appealing a massive $355 million civil fraud penalty in New York.
Compounding Biden’s headwinds is the disruptive presence of third-party candidates like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is siphoning double-digit support nationally and in key states according to some surveys. Progressives like Cornel West and the “No Labels” unity campaign also threaten to peel away voters dismayed by Biden administration.
For Trump’s part, he faces the tricky task of solidifying his Republican base while making inroads with the suburban voters who fled the GOP under his presidency.
The Horn News editorial team