Damning new poll reveals two-thirds of Americans think Biden needs to drop out of 2024 race

A damning new poll has revealed that two-thirds of American voters, and a majority of the president’s own supporters, now believe Joe Biden should drop out of the race for the White House.

Biden, 81, has spent the last two weeks firefighting panic within his own party after his dire performance in the first presidential debate against Donald Trump in which he appeared frail and confused.

Since then, calls have been growing – including from House and Senate Democrats – for Biden to step aside and allow a younger Democrat take up the mantle as the party’s 2024 nominee.

Now, a new poll from ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos finds that a majority of Americans (67 per cent) think Biden should exit the race.

Among self-declared Biden supporters specifically, 54 per cent think he should step aside.

Should the president do so – something he has repeatedly insisted he has no plans to do – just 44 per cent of American voters would be satisfied with Vice President Kamala Harris being named as his replacement on the ticket.

However, this rises to 76 per cent among Biden supporters and 70 per cent among Democrats or left-leaning independents.

Overall, the poll finds that Trump would beat Biden in a close race of 47 per cent to 46 per cent of the vote if the election was held today.

Replacing Biden with Harris as the Democratic nominee would see Harris beat Trump with 49 per cent to 46 per cent of the vote.

When asked about the significance of the two current contenders’ ages, a resounding 85 per cent of Americans believe that Biden is too old to serve again while 60 per cent think the same of Trump – who, at 78, is just three years younger than his rival.

The poll shows that age has become a bigger issue to voters over the last year,