{"id":2246214,"date":"2024-05-16T16:34:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T20:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-pollster-biden-agreed-to-debate-trump-because-he-faces-uphill-battle\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T16:36:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T20:36:24","slug":"democrat-pollster-biden-agreed-to-debate-trump-because-he-faces-uphill-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-pollster-biden-agreed-to-debate-trump-because-he-faces-uphill-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat pollster reveals Biden&#8217;s decision to debate Trump despite facing challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-pollster-biden-agreed-to-debate-trump-because-he-faces-uphill-battle%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2246214&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Top Democrat pollster Mark\u2062 Penn highlighted President\u2062 Biden&#8217;s decision to \u200cdebate Trump due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-bidens-bad-polling-hasnt-scared-vulnerable-house-democrats-into-abandoning-the-president\/\" title=\"Despite Biden's poor polling numbers, vulnerable House Democrats have not been deterred from supporting the president\">challenging poll numbers<\/a>. Penn, a former adviser \u200cto the Clintons,\u200c noted Biden&#8217;s unpopular policies.\u200d He emphasized the strategic move of debating when trailing and the\u2064 risk Trump took by agreeing to any \u2063debate.\u200b Biden&#8217;s\u2063 acceptance reflects\u200b a calculated approach before the election. Your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pushes-for-federal-gov-to-pay-for-entire-cost-of-rebuilding-baltimore-bridge-but-says-it-will-take-some-time\/\" title=\"Biden advocates for federal government to cover full Baltimore Bridge reconstruction expenses, acknowledges it will be a lengthy process\">summary effectively captures<\/a> \u2064the \u200bessence of the original text, focusing on Mark Penn&#8217;s insights\u2062 into President Biden&#8217;s debate\u200d decision, the strategic \u2062considerations \u2062involved, and the calculated approach taken by Biden. Well done!  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>A top Democrat pollster said this week that President Joe Biden agreed to debate former President Donald Trump because the president faces bad polling numbers and has an \u201cuphill\u201d battle in front of him.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Penn, a former adviser to former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, said during an interview on Wednesday that many of Biden\u2019s policies are deeply unpopular among voters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you are behind you want to debate,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen you are ahead you want to avoid debates at all costs. So it is pretty obvious that Trump said \u2018I\u2019ll debate any time\u2019 and Biden has accepted. I think it is a very shrewd plan. It\u2019s far removed from an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-leaders-have-a-choice-roll-back-early-voting-and-mail-in-ballots-or-learn-to-take-advantage-of-them\/\" title=\"Republican Leaders Have A Choice: Roll Back Early Voting And Mail-In Ballots Or Learn To Take Advantage Of Them\">actual election day<\/a> so you can fix it if it goes badly but it\u2019s also before the mail-in votes. I think it\u2019s a pretty good plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Penn said that when both candidates are generally not well-liked by voters their policies become a factor in who voters ultimately choose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell a $7 trillion budget \u2014unpopular. Immigration, border, for most people it seems to be open \u2014 unpopular. Pushing EVs and not giving people the choice \u2014 unpopular,\u201d Penn said in naming just a few of Biden\u2019s many controversial policy positions. \u201cHe has real issues that he will have to figure out how to present to the American people. Big tax increases. He\u2019s going to say it\u2019s about corporations and the wealthy. Donald Trump is going to say it\u2019s going to hit the average person. Let this debate continue. Obviously, it is uphill for President Biden or he wouldn\u2019t be debating in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1715949071524000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1epNxV4INiQhMMvO61rHiP\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH: Democrat pollster Mark Penn on the problems that Joe Biden faces: \u201cObviously, it is uphill for President Biden or he wouldn\u2019t be debating in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Penn explains: \u201cWell, $7 trillion budget, unpopular. Immigration, border, for most people it seems to be open,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CjRpQ25Ahx\">pic.twitter.com\/CjRpQ25Ahx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1790903702791844266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/top-democrat-pollster-rfk-jr-s-support-among-republicans-will-collapse-if-they-learn-his-real-views\">Democrat Pollster: RFK Jr.\u2019s Support Among Republicans Will Collapse If They Learn His Real Views<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top Democrat pollster Mark Penn stated this week that President Biden chose to debate Former President Trump due to poor polling and an &#8220;uphill&#8221; battle ahead. Penn, a former adviser to Bill and Hillary Clinton, highlighted the challenges Biden faces in an interview on Wednesday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":2246215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Biden-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2246214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Biden-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2246214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2246215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2246214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2246214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2246214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}