US President Joe Biden scrambling to retain voters as support dips: Analyst

Support for Democrats is waning in light of the US president’s backing of Israel’s war on Gaza, University of San Francisco professor Stephen Zunes tells Al Jazeera.

“The Biden administration is responding to increasing outrage among the American people, that our country is essentially aiding and abetting war crimes on a massive scale,” Zunes said.

Biden would fail to beat Trump if an election were held today, as he has lost support from key constituencies including progressive voters and American Muslims, the politics professor said.

“We’ve seen before how when Democrats go against their constituencies on issues of war and peace, especially when we’re talking about large-scale civilian casualties, there is a political price to pay,” said Zunes.

In response, Biden has been pushing Israel to comply with international humanitarian law, but continues to send it “weapons that have been responsible for the horrific civilian casualties,” he added.

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