First lady Jill Biden greets President Joe Biden at the conclusion of the presidential debate on Thursday. | Gerald Herbert/APPanicked Democrats might be ready to shove President Joe Biden to the side. But they need him to take the first step.
Biden won around 95 percent of the nearly 4,000 delegates in this year’s primaries — who are pledged, but not committed, to backing Biden. Other names — from Vice President Kamala Harris, to Govs. Gavin Newsom, Gretchen Whitmer and JB Pritzker, to numerous others — could be placed in nomination. The candidates, who could span the Democratic Party’s geographic, ideological and generational wings, would be working to sway the thousands of Democratic delegates to support them on the first ballot.
But if such a scenario occurred, Biden and Harris would have to persuade them. Biden’s delegates don’t automatically go to her but a Biden endorsement could be enough. But there’s no guarantee, and Harris’ poor poll numbers might give some Democrats pause. From the moment he declared he would seek a second term, Biden and his team have insisted he is running for reelection. And Biden won every primary and caucus — capturing more than 85 percent of the aggregate vote — with the exception of far-flung American Samoa.
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