According to a new USA Today/Suffolk University poll, most Americans want President Joe Biden to debate his Democratic challengers Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Marianne Williamson.
80 percent of Democrats wish to see Biden take on challenger Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a series of debates; 72 percent of Biden supporters appeared to be in favor of the idea.
From The Daily Mail:
The possibility such a debate will actually take place is slim-to-none with Biden showing no interest in taking part as he calculates he has little to gain from such an encounter.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has also stated that it will not sponsor any debates.
Such positions are typical when a president is running for a second term in office with incumbents from both sides of the aisle tending to avoid televised debates.
‘As you know, no incumbent R [Republican] or D [Democrat] have done debates,’ Kevin Munoz, a spokesperson for the Biden campaign, said to USA Today.
In 1980, then-President Jimmy Carter did not debate Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy.
It is Kennedy’s nephew, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 69, who is now mounting a challenge to Biden that has limited chances of success.
Kennedy is an ex-environmental lawyer who has in the past promoted conspiracy theories about the safety of FDA-approved vaccines.
‘The decision not to debate is ignoring the 82% of women, 84% of union households, 86% of independents, and 90% of young voters who are not only planning to vote in their state’s Democratic primary or caucus next year but also would like to see a series of Democratic primary debates,’ said David Paleologos, director of Suffolk’s Political Research Center who carried out the poll.
Kennedy is polling surprisingly strong against Biden; he’s currently pulling 20% of the vote.
80% of Dems think Biden SHOULD debate RFK Jr – including 72% of those who support president https://t.co/DJJKaNWnGk pic.twitter.com/I9OOVQQW0X
— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) June 12, 2023
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