[At this point in 1980 Carter was still well ahead of Reagan.
But the killer was that ~80 percent of people felt that the USA was on the wrong track, and they eventually decided Carter was hopeless and couldn’t fix it. All Carter had was doubts about Reagan.
In Trump’s case, people know that he can do the job, and do it better than what has been since 2001.
The wrong track number is more like 70 percent already.]
Biden polled much higher in 04/2020 than he did close to the election. If 2024 follows that pattern, Biden’s numbers could start going underwater consistently. Trump’s decent showing in the polls is likely what’s driving his fundraising numbers. No one wants to give to a losing campaign. A winning one is a different proposition.
Yes, I expect biden to continue to deteriorate, and may eventually crater.
There are always unexpected events in any campaign but I expect Biden can expect, on net, bad news from Ukraine and bad news from the Middle East.
The other thing he can expect is that the closer we get to election day, and the more likely it appears Trump will win, there will be an absolute flood of illegals as they try to get in before Trump can close the border.
That is just going to put more light on his biggest failure, and vulnerability.