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full screen President Joe Biden arrives at the NATO meeting in Washington on July 10. Photo: AP/TT
More than half of Democratic voters want Joe Biden to end his candidacy, according to a new poll from the Washington Post.
Two in three American adults want the president to step aside, including seven in ten independent voters.
The measurement goes hand in hand with Joe Biden’s statements that it is only the “elite” within the Democrats who are urging him to drop out.
Biden has said that positive encounters with voters have helped convince him to continue his campaign, after an unsuccessful televised debate in late June, in which he at times gave the impression of being confused and disjointed.
But the Washington Post poll shows that 56 percent of Democratic voters want him to drop out, while 42 percent think he should continue campaigning.