The undecided’s in most r3ecent polls are at 10%….
I’m gonn guess those WERE Biden voters mostly because Joe Biden IS President because of most of those votes….
But this time around?
Even with Donald Trump sleeping thru historic CRIMINAL trial?
Joe Biden is NOT lighting many fires for some voters….
(Joe Biden believe’s in his heart that in the end ?….People will NOT vote for the ‘Hot Mess’ of Donald Trump…The guy he beat last time…Democrats and people around the world arev praying Biden is right )
Axios has a piece that lists why a good many voters do NOT really like either of the old timers running for President now….
President Biden and former President Trump are in hot pursuit of a big — and possibly determinative — group of voters who loathe both men.
Why it matters: This bloc of “double haters” has ballooned in size thanks to the surge in Biden’s unpopularity since 2020, with polls suggesting they now represent 16% to 20% of the electorate.
- That makes 2024 more similar to 2016 — when exit polls showed 18% of voters disliked both Trump and Hillary Clinton — than 2020, when Biden and Trump’s dual unfavorables amounted to just 3% of the vote.
- The behavior of double haters — whether they stay home, vote third-party or bite the bullet in favor of Biden or Trump — could be the X-factor in swing states where a few thousand votes could decide the winner.
The big picture: In this year’s historically unpopular rematch, the double haters represent an extraordinarily broad range of views. None is a monolith, but several powerful identity groups stand out above the rest.
1. Old-guard Republicans: The GOP establishment may be a shell of its former self, but the ranks of the excommunicated have grown considerably since the early days of the “Never Trump” movement.
- No Labels-style moderates such as former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan have been joined by arch conservatives such as former VP Mike Pence, one of many who were repulsed by Trump’s behavior on Jan. 6.
- The list of disillusioned Trump allies is longer than ever, with former GOP primary rivals Nikki Haley and Chris Christie among the most prominent — and potentially decisive — double haters.
2. Pro-Palestinians: Arab-Americans and left-wing activists have accused Biden of enabling “genocide” with his support for Israel’s war in Gaza, generating heartburn for Democrats ahead of their August convention in Chicago.
- Trump — no friend to the Palestinians or campus protesters — has attacked Democrats for insufficiently supporting Israel and vowed to restore his Muslim travel ban on Day 1 of his presidency.
- But progressive activists are increasingly rejecting the “lesser of two evils” paradigm that historically has benefited Democrats, raising the risk that they’ll boycott the election or vote third party….
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Between the lines: Biden’s campaign believes the president has an advantage with the double haters, even as his unpopularity has soared amid questions about his age, illegal immigration and persistent inflation.
- The campaign is running ads explicitly targeting Haley voters, who continue to turn out as a sizable protest vote against Trump in GOP primaries nearly two months after Haley exited the race.
- Trump has done little to mend bridges with his former UN ambassador or other jilted allies, and has even mocked conservative critics like former Attorney General Bill Barr who decided to endorse him.
- Trump is instead counting on expanding his appeal elsewhere — including with an address to the Libertarian National Convention later this month and ads targetingdisaffected Black voters.
What they’re saying: “If Trump’s extreme agenda of banning abortion nationwide and gutting Security Security wasn’t repellent enough to these voters, he is also doing nothing to reach them — a surefire losing strategy,” Biden campaign spokesman Charles Lutvak said in a statement….