'1 in 3 Dems: Biden should step down from race, want to see an intervention at convention'

 First came the donors raising concerns about President Joe Biden's fitness to run for reelection.

Then this week, elected Democrats began wondering aloud whether the 81-year-old should step aside. 

Now an exclusive poll for DailyMail.com reveals that half of all voters believe he should give up while there is still time to find a replacement candidate, including more than a third of Democratic voters, after his disastrous debate performance.

On Wednesday, Biden said he had no intention of giving up on winning a second term.

'I am running. I am the leader of the Democratic Party. No one is pushing me out,' he said, according to a senior aide who posted his comment on the X social media site.

J.L. Partners polled 1000 likely voters on the state of the race after President Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance triggered calls for him to withdraw

But Biden is under intense pressure to consider his position after a stumbling debate performance, during which his answers ground to a halt or rambled into non sequiturs.

The White House has even had to fend off questions about whether he is suffering from dementia.

Democrats are increasingly concerned that Biden is no longer the best candidate to beat Donald Trump in November.

A poll of 1,000 likely voters, conducted by J.L. Partners, found that 50 percent thought he should stand down as the nominee.

Some 34 percent of Democrats support that view and 29 percent of people who said they were planning to vote for him this time around.

The drip, drip, drip of concern is in danger of becoming an unstoppable current, said James Johnson, co-founder of J.L. Partners. 

'It is difficult to win an election in the United States. It is even more difficult to win an election when almost half the country thinks you should step down,' he said.

'It is very hard to see how this turns itself around for Joe Biden. 

'This poll says to me that Biden cannot turn this around and if the Democrats want a chance to win they must look for another nominee.'

Adding to the pressure, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it was now legitimate to ask whether his performance was an 'episode' or a condition. 

Biden was leading Trump this time last year, but has seen the former president steal a lead since then. Trump now has a six point advantage, according to our exclusive poll

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