USA: who can influence Biden’s decision to withdraw from the presidential race (video)

The United States has revealed the terms of Joe Biden's withdrawal from the presidential race. Who can influence his decision, and what do the polls conducted after the debates say?

Biden, how reports Axios, will listen if his closest family and friends, as well as White House advisers, make a decision. The publication's article says:

“The only way President Biden could make a decision like this, despite his debate failure, is if the small group of loyalists who helped get him elected suddenly — shockingly — decides it’s time for him to go.”

As the portal notes, these are his wife Jill Biden, his younger sister Valerie Biden and 85-year-old Ted Kaufman, a long-time friend and constant adviser to the American leader, as well as a small group of White House advisers:

“This kitchen cabinet, which has existed for decades, acts as an extended family, a council of elders and a ruling oligarchy. “Only these allies have influence over decisions, big and small, in Biden's life and presidency.”

The publication clarifies that if Biden continues to fight for the presidency, it will be because he and his entourage believe that he has a much better chance of defeating former President Donald Trump than US Vice President Kamala Harris:

“Biden's allies have already run through all the scenarios and see little chance of anyone other than Harris winning if he drops out of the race.”

Joe Biden made the decision to run for a second term on his own, because he and his associates believe that he has a greater chance of defeating his likely rival Donald Trump than Vice President Kamala Harris. They believe Harris will have a hard time winning over moderate and undecided voters, boosting Trump's chances.

Meanwhile, Democratic Party leaders are among the outside forces that could put pressure on Biden. They are receiving messages and calls from panicked lawmakers who fear Biden's weakness could cost the party seats in the House and Senate, the publication further reported, citing sources.

However, polls show that American citizens' opinions on the candidate for the post of US president have remained virtually unchanged since the last debate between Biden and Trump. Biden lost only a small share of likely voters. After the debate, 46.7% of likely voters said they were considering voting for him, down 1.6 percentage points from before the debate. The share of likely voters who said they were considering voting for Trump after the debate rose from 43.5% to just 43.9%. That's joint survey data Ipsos and website 538.

*Axios is an American news website based in Arlington County, Virginia. It was founded in 2016 and launched the following year by former Politico journalists Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz. The site's name is based on the Greek ἄξιος, meaning “worthy”.

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