Surveyor After delivering “incoherent comments” in his first post-debate interview on Friday, ABC’s FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver reportedly demanded that President Biden withdraw from the 2024 presidential run.
A commentary about whether a model could accurately predict Biden’s chances of winning the election was written by Silver earlier on Friday.
This is due to the fact that many are still doubtful of Biden’s ability, even after his dismal debate performance more than a week ago.
Silver changed his tone on social media platform X after watching Biden’s interview with ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos prior to its public airing on Friday night.
“This is a pretty incoherent answer including a non-sequitur [complaining] about a New York Times poll, which he incorrectly claims had him down 10 points before the debate,” Silver noted on X.
“I wimped out in today’s column and deleted a line saying he should formulate a plan to transition the presidency to [Vice President] Harris within 30-60 days, but I’m there now. Something is clearly wrong here.” he continued.
He becomes the latest in a long line of people urging the president to uphold his legacy by stepping down so that a fresh candidate can challenge the outgoing president in November.
According to a report released by the pollster, 57% of respondents think Biden will withdraw. He expressed his belief that this figure is low and that Democrats will exert tremendous pressure in order to force him out of the race.
“The most generous way to put it is that he doesn’t seem in command, and that’s an extremely hard sell when you’re Commander in Chief,” Silver concluded.
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