The spectre of a possible resignation by Joe Biden following various pressures from both the media and his own party, puts the spotlight on an electoral race for the White House that is increasingly complicated for the Democrats. This Tuesday, the newspaper ‘The New York Times’ reported that Joe Biden has opened the door to resigning to be the Democratic candidate for the next presidential elections in the United States in November. But the White House denies that this will happen, and the US president insists that he will continue “in this race until the end” and predicts that “they will win the elections.”

Since his agonizing debate against Donald Trump, the critical voices against Biden have not stopped growing. Even within the party, they have suggested the possibility that Biden will step aside and another Democrat will aspire to govern the United States. Along these lines, the US presidential candidate announced this Wednesday ‘The New York Times‘, who has suggested that Biden would have had a conversation with a very close ally in which he acknowledged that may not be able to save his candidacy if he fails to convince voters in the coming days that he is prepared to remain in office for the next four years.

According to the aforementioned media, Biden still sees himself in the fight for re-election, setting his sights on three key dates: an interview on the ‘ABC’ network and two campaign rallies in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. This person from Biden’s inner circle has assured the following: “He knows that if there are two more events like the debate, we will be in a different place.“.

Despite reports that Biden has considered withdrawing from the race, the White House has denied this. “This claim is absolutely false. If The New York Times had given us more than seven minutes to comment, we would have told them so,” White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday.

This was confirmed by the White House on the same day that Biden came to recognize that “almost fell asleep” during his debate against Trump, claiming that he had “gone around the world a couple of times before the debate,” alluding to his visit to Italy for the G7 summit and to France for the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings.

Polls give Trump as favorite

The truth is that the polls do not predict the best result for the Democratic candidate. A recent survey by ‘CBS News’ places Donald Trump slightly ahead of Biden, obtaining 50% of the vote to the Democratic candidate’s 48%.

After the historic debate in which Biden was swept away by a Donald Trump emboldeneddoubts about the health and future of the Democratic Party have only grown. Even Friendly media have begun to put pressure the current president of the United States not to run as a candidate in the next elections.

On Friday, The New York Times newspaper called in an editorial on US President Joe Biden to drop out of the race to remain in the White House after the Democrat’s highly questionable performance in Thursday’s debate against Donald Trump.

“It is too big a gamble to simply expect Americans to overlook or dismiss Mr. Biden’s age and weakness,” the outlet said.

According to a YouGov poll commissioned by CBS, 72% of voters believe he should not stand for re-election because They believe that Biden does not have the mental and cognitive health necessary to serve as president.

Kamala Harris, the favorite to succeed him

Now, the possibility that Biden will resign – despite repeatedly reiterating that he will not – and that US Vice President Kamala Harris will succeed him, is the preferred option for some Democrats. According to a CNN poll, Kamala Harris would look better than Joe Biden and would get two points more than the president (45% versus 43%). Both behind former President Donald Trump.

In fact, three out of four Americans surveyed think the Democratic Party would do better with any other candidate than Biden. Another option that has been considered is that it be Michelle Obama the one in charge of defeating Trump, although Obama’s wife has constantly rejected her being a candidate and has even gone so far as to say that she hates the idea of ​​being one.

Faced with the possibility that Biden might resign and Harris would replace him in the race for the White House, Republicans have already started a campaign on social media against the current vice president. In a video they shared on social media, they present her as one of Biden’s greatest allies and assure that they have “their knives” ready to face a hypothetical electoral battle.

Doubts about his candidacy are growing in the party

Even so, Biden has already made it clear that he is continuing as a candidatea decision that many Democrats support. Even his family encourages him to continue his campaign despite the opposing voices within the party.

But the trickle of comments casting doubt on Biden’s candidacy is growing. The latest to cast doubt has been one of the Democratic Party’s biggest names. Former House Speaker, Nancy Pelosihas acknowledged that it is legitimate to question Biden’s abilities after his performance in the debate.

She is not the only Democrat who has doubts. Former President Barack Obama Obama is also not sure that the 81-year-old politician is the best choice for his party. Obama believes that if the Democratic victory in the elections was a difficult task until now, after the face-to-face with Trump it is even more complicated.