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00:00With the growing number of Democrats calling on Joe Biden to step aside as their presidential candidate
00:05the vast majority of the members of his party are standing behind him
00:09even if not so enthusiastically.
00:12You can count them on two hands the number of Democrats that have called for Biden to step aside.
00:18You know the vast majority have not done that.
00:20I support President Biden.
00:21He has been an excellent president.
00:25Are you worried that Biden is a liability for your most vulnerable members?
00:29No.
00:31During an interview on Morning TV this week Joe Biden suggested it was the elite members
00:36of the party urging him to reconsider his candidacy not mainstream Democratic voters.
00:42But fresh polling numbers do not bear that out.
00:45A Washington Post ABC News survey conducted after the president's poor debate performance
00:50two weeks ago found that 64 percent of U.S. adults think Biden should step aside.
00:56A majority of Democrats or 56 percent said they also felt the president should drop out of the race.
01:03Democratic fundraisers such as actor George Clooney share that sentiment
01:07having urged Biden to step aside.
01:10Another Democratic Hollywood heavyweight actor Michael Douglas also says he now has his doubts.
01:16It's a painful painful decision because I admire the man tremendously.
01:21I personally had a fundraiser for him in our house in April and I think he's done an incredible job
01:30but I am worried not this week or next week but let's say next year.
01:35The Washington Post poll also found that seven in 10 independent voters who could very well
01:41decide the November race think Biden should step aside and make way for another Democrat
01:46at the top of the ticket such as Vice President Kamala Harris.
01:50High-ranking Democrats would only say the conversations about the president's
01:54future plans were ongoing and that they are unified in support of his agenda.