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Can Joe Biden defeat Donald Trump in November? Senior Democrats aren’t so sure…

According to an Axios report, top Democrats are losing faith in President Biden’s strategy to win re-election; the situation is “dire” according to one strategist.

…and Joe & Co. may be oblivious.

Team Biden is betting on voters being concerned about Jan. 6, political violence, democracy and Donald Trump’s character.

“It is unclear to many of us watching from the outside whether the president and his core team realize how dire the situation is right now, and whether they even have a plan to fix it. That is scary,” a Democratic strategist in touch with the campaign told Axios.

“Even for those close to the center, there is a hesitance to raise skepticism or doubt about the current path, for fear of being viewed as disloyal,” a person in Biden’s orbit told Axios, speaking on condition of anonymity because of those dynamics.

“There is not a discussion that a change of course is needed.”

From Axios:

Biden’s core inner circle hasn’t lost faith in that approach, the product of Biden and his longtime aide, Mike Donilon.

But that puts them on an island within much of the party about what will decide the election, as polls consistently have shown Biden tied or behind even after a slight bump following Trump’s criminal conviction.

Several polls have indicated voters are deeply concerned about democracy but they are most worried about inflation and the economy. They’ve also shown Biden’s support slipping among key Democratic voting groups: Blacks, Latinos, young adults and union members, but the Democracy message is resonating with older voters.

Biden’s former chief of staff Ron Klain, who has known Donilon for decades, told Axios his view is: “In Mike I trust.”

President Biden continues to lose support among key voter demographics like Black and Hispanic Americans.

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