Democrats on Capitol Hill are publicly rejecting recent polls showing former President Donald Trump taking a lead over President Biden in the 2024 presidential election.A Tuesday poll from the New York Times and Sienna College found that Trump had a 46% to 44% lead over the sitting president. Trump’s lead was even more drastic among younger voters, who favored Trump 49% to 43%. That poll’s findings echoed surveys in November as well.Democrats, however, are remaining publicly unphased, according to reports.”I think polling is increasingly useless,” Rep. Pat Ryan, D-N.Y., told Punchbowl News. “If we haven’t taken that away from the last few elections, I don’t know how much more we need to see.”BIDEN INVOKES WARTIME POWERS TO FUND ELECTRIC HEATERS AS HE CRACKS DOWN ON GAS APPLIANCES Democrats on Capitol Hill are publicly rejecting recent polls showing former President Donald Trump taking a lead over President Biden in the 2024 presidential election. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)”What are we, 11 months out from the next election? I mean, that’s a double eternity in politics,” Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pa., told the outlet.EXPERTS WARN BIDEN ADMIN’S WATER HEATER CRACKDOWN WILL HIKE PRICES, REDUCE CONSUMER CHOICERep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., who is running a symbolic primary campaign challenging Biden, says the polls are starting to twist screws in private.”Everyone’s reading the polls, everybody sees,” Phillips said, adding that Democrats in competitive “Frontline” races “won’t say it publicly, most likely, because that’s cutting off your nose to spite your face. But I think they’re all feeling the same thing.” A Tuesday poll from the New York Times and Sienna College found that Trump had a 46% to 44% lead over the sitting president. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)Polling has increasingly showed that voters have massive reservations when it comes to Biden, particularly with regard to his age. Large majorities of even Democrats have stated that he is too old to effectively serve as president in a second term.MAJOR ‘CLIMATE DECEPTION’ LAWSUIT AGAINST BIG OIL VOLUNTARILY DISMISSED Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., who is running a symbolic primary campaign challenging Biden, says the polls are starting to twist screws in private. (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPMeanwhile, Trump’s lead in 2024 GOP primary polls only continues to grow. Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events. Send tips to Anders.Hagstrom@Fox.com, or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders.
