Poll shows how unpopular Biden is with Democrats amid President's Nato blunders
Joe Biden's ability to beat Republican Donald Trump has been called into question by Democrats
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Joe Biden's health has been at the centre of attention during the US 2024 presidential race as he continues to make blunders during public performances.
On Thursday, questions began to mount over the ability of the US President after making two major gaffes at a Nato summit.
Speaking at the end of a three-day summit, Biden mistakenly referred to Volodymyr Zelenskyy as "President Putin."
Biden said: "And now I want to hand it over to the president of Ukraine, who has as much courage as he has determination, ladies and gentlemen, President Putin," before correcting himself.
Joe Biden accidentally referred to Volodymyr Zelenskyy as "President Putin" during an event launching the Ukraine Compact at the 2024 NATO Summit
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A short while later while taking questions from journalists, the president mixed up the names of Kamala Harris and Trump.
When asked if he had any doubts about his vice president's ability he said: "I wouldn't have picked Vice President Trump to be vice president if she wasn't qualified to be president."
Democrats called for Biden to end his reelection campaign after a presidential debate with Donald Trump two weeks ago during which the president stumbled over his words and at one point appeared to freeze.
A Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll conducted after the presidential debate shows the number of US adults and Democrats who think Biden should step aside and let someone else run.
Overall, 56 per cent of Democrats say that he should end his presidency while 42 per cent think he should continue his campaign for president.
This poll shows 56 per cent of Democrats think Biden should step aside and let someone else run
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Two in three adults believe the president should step aside, including seven in ten independents.
When the same question is addressed about Trump, only 11 per cent of Republicans believe Trump should step aside and 88 per cent think he should continue his campaign.
The poll, conducted between July 5 to 9, also asked if the debate made respondents think more or less favourably of Biden and Trump.
For Biden, 50 per cent of those surveyed said they felt less favourably while only seven per cent said more favourably.
Meanwhile, 27 per cent said they held a more favourable opinion towards Trump and 22 per cent said unfavourable.
This poll shows that only 11 per cent of Republicans believe Trump should step aside
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A growing number of Democrats have voiced their concerns about Biden's ability to beat Republican Donald Trump in the November election.
So far, 17 Democrats in the House of Representatives have called for Biden to bow out.
Senator Peter Welch of Vermont on Wednesday also became the first US senator to publicly call for Biden to step aside saying it would be for the "good of the country."
Celebrities have also waded in on the debate with actor George Clooney, a longtime Democratic donor, calling for Biden to drop out saying he had witnessed the president's decline firsthand at a fundraiser he co-hosted last month.
Horror author Stephen King, director Michael Moore, actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner and TV host Sara Haines have also called on Biden to go.
The Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll was conducted amongst 2,431 US adults through the Ipsos KnowledgePanel, a survey panel recruited through random sampling of households across the country.