{"id":2295051,"date":"2024-07-15T06:34:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T10:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-weakened-biden-atop-ticket-could-help-fundraising-for-down-ballot-democrats-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-15T06:37:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T10:37:04","slug":"a-weakened-biden-atop-ticket-could-help-fundraising-for-down-ballot-democrats-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-weakened-biden-atop-ticket-could-help-fundraising-for-down-ballot-democrats-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"A weakened Biden atop ticket could help fundraising for down-ballot Democrats &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fa-weakened-biden-atop-ticket-could-help-fundraising-for-down-ballot-democrats-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=2295051&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> how a weakened President Joe Biden could potentially help fundraising for down-ballot Democrats running for the House and Senate. Despite calls for Biden to step aside in favor of a younger candidate, some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-what-is-national-conservatism-and-why-should-you-care\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: What Is National Conservatism And Why Should You Care?\">campaign strategists<\/a> believe that keeping Biden on the ticket\u2062 could energize Democratic donors at the\u200c congressional level.\u2063 They argue that donors may focus more on supporting Democrats\u200d in the House to create a firewall against Republicans, especially if they believe that Trump is likely \u2062to win the presidency. However, there is also concern that a weak\u200b Biden\u2062 may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-consultants-predict-2024-turnout-disaster-without-trump-on-the-ballot\/\" title=\"GOP consultants warn of potential turnout disaster in 2024 without Trump.\">impact voter turnout<\/a> and performance at the polls. Despite these challenges, Democratic donors remain motivated by the \u200cstakes \u2063of a Trump presidency. Recent\u200d reports indicate that some donations to super PACs supporting Biden have been paused, highlighting the uncertainty surrounding the upcoming election.  <\/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\">A weakened Biden atop ticket could help fundraising for down-ballot Democrats<\/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\/zachary-halaschak\/\">Zachary Halaschak<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-15T06:00:00-04:00\">July 15, 2024 6:00 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1696133\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>If President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>, who is trailing in the polls, stays on the Democratic ticket, it could help energize the party\u2019s\u00a0fundraising at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-of-representatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senate<\/a> levels, some campaign strategists say.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic Party<\/a> is facing upheaval over keeping Biden as the nominee heading into his rematch against former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>. A growing number of Democrats are calling on the president to step aside in favor of a younger candidate who might have a better chance of beating Trump, but so far, Biden has remained steadfast, generating considerable uneasiness within the party.<\/p>\n<p>However, some campaign strategists think that keeping Biden at the top of the ticket could result in more money pouring into Democratic coffers at the congressional level.<\/p>\n<p>That is because some Democratic donors might see the presidency as more likely to swing to Trump, so they may turbocharge their funding for a Democratic firewall in the House to block Republicans from claiming a trifecta of power.<\/p>\n<p>One longtime Democratic strategist who has worked on statewide and congressional races told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that Democratic fundraisers at the congressional level are \u201cjumping on the opportunity\u201d to let voters know that regardless of what happens with the presidential race \u201cit is really important that Democrats control at least one of the two chambers of Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe always knew it was going to be a close election,\u201d Rep.\u00a0Don Beyer\u00a0(D-VA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/07\/11\/house-democrats-biden-00167711\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em>. \u201cBut if Trump prevails, it\u2019s essential that we keep that House. We don\u2019t want them to have a trifecta, which means picking up these four or five seats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump is polling nearly 3 percentage points better nationally than Biden, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>aggregate<\/a> of polls from <em>RealClearPolitics<\/em>. In battleground Pennsylvania, Trump is polling more than 5 points ahead of Biden. He is also outperforming the president in Michigan, Nevada, Arizona, and even Wisconsin\u00a0\u2014 a state Republicans have only won once since 1984.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump is on track to win this election, and maybe win it by a landslide and take with him the Senate and the House,\u201d Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video\/politics\/democratic-sen-bennet-says-trump-could-win-by-a-landslide\/2024\/07\/10\/40a28bc0-3fde-4030-8f17-349104adbc02_video.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>warned<\/a> on CNN.<\/p>\n<p>But Democrats are faring better at the House level.<\/p>\n<p>The group RacetotheWH, which publishes forecasts for various races, puts Democrats\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racetothewh.com\/house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>odds<\/a> of retaking the House at 57%, while simultaneously projecting Trump will best Biden if he stays on the ticket.<\/p>\n<p>From the night of Biden\u2019s June 27 debate to the end of the month, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, whose main goal is to elect Democrats to the House, raised $1.3 million, according to numbers provided by the DCCC.<\/p>\n<p>An event for House Democrats after the debate that featured House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and former President Barack Obama netted an additional $3 million.<\/p>\n<p>A possible scenario in House districts that are not very pro-Trump but that are still held by Republican incumbents is that voters there might write off the presidential race and assume Trump will win, so in turn, they might be more likely to vote Democratic in House races to ensure Democrats have a check on Trump, according to the strategist.<\/p>\n<p>But it is also worth noting that while a weak Biden may energize fundraising, having an underperforming president at the head of the ticket could affect turnout, and thus have the opposite effect on performance at the polls.<\/p>\n<p>The strategist emphasized that despite Biden\u2019s lackluster debate performance and the subsequent fallout, the donor well at the national level likely will not dry up because \u201cDemocrats are fired up and understand the stakes of a Trump presidency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For instance, Biden campaign officials <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/joeygarrison\/status\/1811844428325360083\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> there were 40,000 donations during the president\u2019s highly anticipated press conference Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>But on Friday, the <em>New York Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/12\/us\/politics\/biden-donors-money.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reported<\/a> that donors have temporarily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3079833\/donors-withholding-90-million-future-forward-biden-super-pac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>paused at least $90 million in pledged donations<\/a> to Future Forward, a top super PAC supporting Biden\u2019s reelection campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Conant, a GOP strategist and partner at Firehouse Strategies, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that in 2008, when he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-say-bidens-female-led-comms-is-a-first-trump-has-that-now\/\" title=\"Media Say Biden&#039;s Female-Led Comms Is A First. Trump Has That Now\">press secretary<\/a> of the Republican National Committee and Obama was facing then-Sen. John McCain, it became apparent that Obama was going to win a couple of weeks out from the election and resources were diverted to House and Senate candidates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Democrats will view the House as the backstop against total Republican control, and why waste money on Biden in Michigan if those resources could save House seats in New York?\u201d Conant said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He said more so than the major parties\u2019 fundraising arms, which essentially report to the nominee, a more pronounced shift to the congressional races could be seen from major individual donors and super PACs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe billionaire who is spending his own money on politics is going to spend it however he thinks is most efficient,\u201d Conant said. \u201cI think they\u2019ll be the first to pull out of supporting Biden and doubling down on saving or electing house Dems.\u201d<\/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_1696133\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1696133\"}});<\/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>Some campaign strategists believe that if President Joe Biden, who is currently behind in the polls, remains on the Democratic ticket, it could boost fundraising efforts for down-ballot Democrats in the House and Senate. Despite calls for Biden to step aside in favor of a younger candidate, he has chosen to stay, causing uneasiness within the party. However, keeping Biden at the top of the ticket could lead to increased financial support for Democratic congressional candidates, as some donors may see the presidency as more likely to swing to Trump and therefore prioritize funding for House races to prevent Republicans from gaining too much power. While Trump is polling better nationally than Biden, Democrats have a better chance of retaking the House, according to forecasts. Despite concerns about Biden&#8217;s performance affecting turnout, Democratic donors remain motivated to prevent a Trump presidency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2683,"featured_media":2295052,"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\/democrats-biden-house.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,3685,3728,15467,32076],"class_list":["post-2295051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-democrats","tag-election","tag-fundraising","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/democrats-biden-house.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295051","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\/2683"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2295051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2295052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2295051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2295051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2295051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}