Some swing- state Democrat senators just distanced themselves on the campaign trail from President Joe Biden, fearing he may hurt their election , chances as the leading , Democrat on the ballot.
A total of nine Senate races in Ohio, Montana, Wisconsin, Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland will consider the stability of the Senate. The image greatly favors Republicans.
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Recent polling shows former President Donald Trump, who leads the Republican ticket,  , maintains a solid position among important swing- state voters and made historical inroads with Spanish, dark, and fresh voters.
While most voters doubt , Biden’s cognitive health for business, including one- third of Democrats according to a Harvard CAPS/Harris study in March,  , Biden’s ballot numbers are at , historical lows.  , Presidents historically need to average around 50 percent to win reelection. Biden’s approval rating is below 40 percent.
Vulnerable Senate Democrats, seeking to win in battleground states, appear worried that associating their brand with Biden’s might hurt them in November. Biden’s brand policies of open borders, soaring costs, and war on American energy might not play well among swing- state voters, they fear.
The Hill, in an article on Monday titled” Alarmed Democrats flee Biden’s ailing brand in battleground states”, detailed , Democrats that are distancing themselves from Biden, including:
- Sen. Jacky Rosen ( D- NV )
” Some of it I’ve agreed with the president, not afraid to stand up to him when it’s not right for Nevada”, Rosen told the Hill.
Sen. Jacky Rosen ( D- NV ) speaks at a dedication ceremony for a new memorial to honor victims of the Holocaust at King David Memorial Chapel on April 24, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
- Sen.  , Bob Casey , ( D- PA )
” I frequently disagree with administration policy. LNG is the most recent example as well as the decision]Biden ] made about arms transfer to Israel”, Casey said.
Sen. Bob Casey ( D- PA ) speaks during an event at AFSCME Council 13 offices, March 14, 2024, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. ( AP Photo/Marc Levy )
- Sen. Jon Tester ( D- MT )
” Biden’s running his race, I’m running mine. I’ve got a good brand, people understand who I am, and we got to remind them who I am and what I’ve accomplished and what I intend to accomplish”, Tester said. ” They really are separate races”.
Sen. Jon Tester ( D- MT ) on October 4, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
A Democrat senator told the Hill on condition of , anonymity that Biden’s age is a major factor in Biden’s brand.
” If you go out there and do a focus group, the focus groups all say,’ He’s 200 years old. You got to be kidding me,'” the senator explained. The worst part of it is that unaffiliated voters or those who have n’t made up their minds look at it and say,” You have to be kidding us,” they say. These are our choices?’ And they indict us for not taking it seriously”.
The senator noted that Biden will continue to hold the top spot on the ballot and that” this is the ticket we have to get behind and we have to win with this ticket,” adding that” colleagues know this is a problem.” We’ll see how much gravity we can defy.”
Biden , suffers , from atrial fibrillation, peripheral neuropathy in his feet, and hyperlipidemia, according to his annual physical , conducted in February , by physician Kevin O’Connor.  , The health , challenges , might explain why he struggles to remain upright.  , Biden has  , tripped, tumbled, and stumbled , at least five times during his presidency.
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Biden implemented a new strategy of walking to and from Marine One with multiple aides to ” ,draw less attention”  , to his physical ailments,  , Axios’s Hans , Nichols and , Alex Thompson reported in April. Additionally, Biden switched from the shorter steps at the rear of the aircraft to the shorter, shorter staircase at the front. Additionally, Biden does n’t pair his suits with his usual dress shoes. He walks in a specially designed sports shoe, which is a typical senior wardrobe change.
Age is not Biden’s only branding problem. Voters are attracted to rising costs as the number one problem.  ” ,People are shocked at the cost of a house and the cost of drugs,” the second senator admitted.
Wendell Husebo is a former GOP War Room Analyst and a political reporter for Breitbart News. He is the author of , Politics of Slave Morality.  , Follow Wendell on ” ,X” , @Wendell Husebø or on , Truth Social , @Wendell Husebo.
