Joe Biden and the Democrats should start running scared right now. The fundamentals — a strong economy, and significant legislative accomplishment — are good. But Biden’s popularity is too low. People — even Democrats — think he is too darned old. He’s losing key swing states to Trump. Working-class African American and Latino voters, especially men, and Arab Americans in Michigan who supported him in 2020 have little enthusiasm for him this time around. This needs to change. They don’t know Biden’s record. They don’t know how vigorous he actually is.
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