Democratic insiders are absolutely ‘freaking out’ over Biden’s poor polling

Democratic insiders are becoming more and more concerned about President Joe Biden’s polling and some of them now worry that his loss may lead to the end of American democracy.

A Democratic operative told Politico, “You don’t want to be that guy who is on the record saying we’re doomed, or the campaign’s bad, or Biden’s making mistakes. Nobody wants to be that guy.”

But he added that Mr Biden’s consistently bad numbers and the high stakes of the election have led to a full-on “freakout”.

“This isn’t, ‘Oh my God, Mitt Romney might become president.’ It’s ‘Oh my God, the democracy might end’,” he told the outlet.

Strategists and elected Democratic officials who previously were bullish about Mr Biden’s prospects are now increasingly concerned and the gulf between what they will say on and off the record is only widening.

Former President Donald Trump, who could face a verdict as soon as this week in his hush money trial, leads Mr Biden in most of the swing states that will decide the election.

Meanwhile, a trial against Hunter Biden is set to begin in Delaware.

Last month, the Trump campaign outraised the Biden campaign for the first time. Even as the Biden team has more cash on hand, Mr Trump beat Mr Biden in the money game by $25m in April, buoyed by the record-breaking fundraiser in Palm Beach at the home of a Trump-friendly investor.

An adviser to Democratic donors told Politico that they have a list for funders with close to two dozen reasons why Mr Biden may lose – such as immigration, inflation, Mr Biden’s age, the approval numbers of Vice President Kamala Harris, and popular third-party options such as conspiracy theorist Robert F Kennedy Jr.

The adviser told the outlet that while donors read the list, “I can