What Might Make Joe Biden Unelectable Is a Very Scary Threat | Opinion

May 1, 2023 | Tom Rogers | Newsweek

I wrote a piece recently on how Florida Governor Ron DeSantis made himself unelectable by doing the politically foolish thing of changing his position on abortion—denying abortion access after six weeks or even earlier.

Former President Donald Trump has also made himself increasingly unelectable as he does more and more to strengthen his hold on the Republican nomination. We hardly need more evidence than the recent Wisconsin Supreme Court race to see how even the most swing of swing states will go strongly for a Democratic candidate when there is a stark choice on abortion access, especially up against a Republican candidate who also embraces extremist views.

We should ask the same question about Joe Biden—is there anything that might also make him unelectable? And while this question cannot be answered with quite the definitiveness that recent evidence suggests why both DeSantis and Trump are unelectable in a general election, there is clearly a developing issue that could deny Joe Biden re-election. …