{"id":2291911,"date":"2024-07-10T12:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T16:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-panic-in-blue-new-york-as-biden-campaign-falters-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T12:28:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T16:28:24","slug":"democrats-panic-in-blue-new-york-as-biden-campaign-falters-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-panic-in-blue-new-york-as-biden-campaign-falters-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats panic in blue New York as Biden campaign falters &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fdemocrats-panic-in-blue-new-york-as-biden-campaign-falters-washington-examiner%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=2291911&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>The summary is\u2063 about Democrats in New York panicking as President Joe Biden&#8217;s \u200dcampaign falters following a disastrous \u2063debate performance. Despite winning New York in 2020, concerns have risen\u2062 about Biden&#8217;s candidacy in the state, with some\u200b Democratic officials worried about his \u2062lead dropping in key House districts. The potential impact on House races in New \u2063York, which\u200d could determine control of the House of Representatives, has caused Democrats in the \u2064state to urge the Biden\u2062 campaign to\u200b address the \u2063situation. Additionally, Trump&#8217;s increasing \u2062lead in polls nationally\u200c and in swing states has heightened anxiety among Democrats, leading to shifts in state ratings\u2064 towards Trump in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-sidney-powell-witness-whom-ny-times-described-as-always-the-smartest-person-in-the-room-concludes-hundreds-of-thousands-of-votes-transferred-from-trump-to-biden-in-all-battleground-states\/\" title=\"HUGE! Sidney Powell Witness Whom NY Times Described as &quot;Always the Smartest Person in the Room&quot; Concludes Hundreds of Thousands of Votes Transferred from Trump to Biden IN ALL BATTLEGROUND STATES\">key battleground states<\/a>.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrats panic in blue New York as Biden campaign falters<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/jack-birle\/\">Jack Birle<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-10T12:16:22-04:00\">July 10, 2024 12:16 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1698839\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u2018s disastrous debate performance less than two weeks ago has rattled Democratic confidence in swing states and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-elections-and-a-ballot-initiative-to-watch-today\/\" title=\"Two Elections And A Ballot Initiative To Watch Today\">deeply blue states<\/a> such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>New York City<\/a>, which could be key in the November election.<\/p>\n<p>Biden easily won New York in 2020, defeating former President Donald Trump by roughly 23%, but now some Democratic officials are worried about the president\u2019s candidacy in the state, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/07\/10\/biden-new-york-trouble-00167198\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"report\">report<\/a> from <em>Politico<\/em>. One Democratic official told the outlet the campaign has been too complacent about the state of New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re still acting like this is a one-party state, which for pretty much 20, 25 years it has been,\u201d Democratic Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine told the outlet. \u201cI truly believe we\u2019re a battleground state now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report suggests officials are concerned about Biden\u2019s lead in New York dropping, specifically in key House districts. A poll conducted by Siena College in June, prior to Biden\u2019s disastrous June 27 debate against Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/scri.siena.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SNY0624-Crosstabs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"showed\">showed<\/a> Biden only leading in the Empire State, 47%-39%.<\/p>\n<p>While the state, which has not voted Republican in a presidential race since 1984, is still far from being competitive at the top of the ticket, Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-fox-news-reporter-escorted-out-of-stop-the-steal-protest-by-police-as-crowd-chants-fox-news-sucks\/\" title=\"WATCH: Fox News Reporter Escorted Out of Stop the Steal Protest By Police As Crowd Chants \u2018Fox News Sucks\u2019\">free fall<\/a> since the debate could hurt key races in the state, which could decide control of the House of Representatives in January.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans were able to win control of the House in 2022 largely thanks to a strong performance in New York after underperforming in most states across the country. In the November election, three Republican House seats in New York are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/ratings\/house-race-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"rated\">rated<\/a> as \u201ctoss-up\u201d contests by the <em>Cook Political Report<\/em>, while two other seats, one held by a Democrat and one held by a Republican, are rated as \u201clean Democratic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the stakes of the race, <em>Politico<\/em> reports that Democrats in the Empire State want the Biden campaign to help shore up the state and avoid it from slipping down the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>The fallout from the debate last month has seen Trump, who was already leading Biden in most polls nationally and in swing states, increase his lead and cause panic for Democrats over states he could move into contention.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Cook Political Report<\/em> moved six state ratings toward Trump on Tuesday, including moving Georgia, Nevada, and Arizona, from \u201ctoss up\u201d to \u201clean Republican.\u201d Other changes included moving Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Nebraska\u2019s 2nd Congressional District from \u201clikely Democratic\u201d to \u201clean Democratic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the chief concerns for Democrats in swing states and swing districts has been the down-ballot effect of a free-falling Biden campaign. Some vulnerable Democrats have distanced themselves from Biden, such as Reps. Jared Golden (D-ME) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) who proclaim Trump will likely win in November, while others like Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) have called on Biden to step aside.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY), who has been outspoken about his concern over Biden\u2019s candidacy but has not called on him to step aside, said in a statement Wednesday that there \u201cmust be a serious reckoning with the down-ballot effect of whomever we nominate.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn unsentimental analysis of the cold hard numbers, which have no personal feelings or political loyalties, should inform what we decide and whom we nominate. If we\u2019re going to choose a particular path, we should be clear-eyed about its consequences. Blindness is not bliss amid the terrifying threat of a Trump presidency,\u201d Torres <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RitchieTorres\/status\/1811036740062265367\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1698839\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1698839\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats in New York are becoming increasingly worried about President Biden&#8217;s campaign following his poor debate performance, with concerns about his lead in key House districts and the potential impact on down-ballot races. Some officials are calling for the Biden campaign to focus more on shoring up support in the state to prevent further losses. Additionally, there is growing panic among Democrats over the possibility of Trump gaining ground in swing states, with some vulnerable Democrats distancing themselves from Biden and calling for him to step aside<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2291912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-biden-new-york-2024-july.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32245,3685,32120,11658,32076],"class_list":["post-2291911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden-campaign","tag-democrats","tag-new-york","tag-panic","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-biden-new-york-2024-july.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291911","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\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2291911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2291912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2291911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2291911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2291911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}