The View’s Ana Navarro has encouraged Democrats to “stop clutching your pearls” over recent polling data for 2024, which has caused some party members concern over President Joe Biden’s chances at reelection next year.
The recent polling data from the New York Times and Siena College showed former President Donald Trump, the lead candidate in the Republican Party’s 2024 primary race, beating Biden in five battleground states in 2024 by a sizable margin: Pennsylvania, Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, and Georgia. Navarro suggested that the polling data should not be taken as set in stone, as a 2011 poll indicated that then-President Barack Obama could lose reelection and data on the 2022 midterm elections indicated a red wave.
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“I think Democrats need to stop fretting, need to stop looking at this as a warning and look at it as a wake-up call to organize, to mobilize, to register people, to talk about the accomplishments of this administration,” Navarro said. “If you want to beat Donald Trump, stop clutching your pearls and get to work.”
Beyond losing five states key to winning the Electoral College, the poll also showed Biden losing support from minority voters. The data also showed that Biden is only barely preferred over Trump among voters under 30 years old.
David Axelrod, a political strategist and the former senior adviser to Obama, stated Sunday that the new polling data should cause “legitimate concern” and that Biden needs to decide whether seeking reelection is in the best interest for him or for the United States.
Other major Democratic voices who have expressed concern over the new polls include Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), who stated that he had been concerned before the polling released, and former acting Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile, who warned the data should be “a wake-up call” for the Democratic Party.
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Biden announced earlier this year that he will seek reelection in 2024. Should Trump be the Republican Party’s presidential nominee, it would set the stage for a rematch between the two candidates.
Trump is still far ahead of his opponents in the Republican Party’s primary race, beating out Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley. The party’s next presidential debate will be held in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday, though Trump is not expected to attend the event; he has already skipped the first two debates on Aug. 23 and Sept. 27.
