It's the Brian Larry Show on WNYC.

Good morning, everyone.

The presidential campaign.

President Biden and Vice President Harris will be in Philadelphia today.

WPVI Channel 6 TV in Philly quotes the Biden campaign is saying,

this is the launch of a summer-long effort to engage black student organizations,

community groups, and faith centers.

It comes as polls continue to show Biden weaker with black, Latino, and younger voters than he was in 2020, and inflation topping the concerns of most voters of any demographic.

So the Philly TV report says Biden and Harris will stop at Gerard College, an independent boarding school with a predominantly black student body, and they'll visit a small

business to speak to members of the Black Chamber of Commerce in Philadelphia. How bad is Biden's

decline in popularity among some of the key voter groups he needs to win? Eric Levitts from Vox,

who we'll talk to in just a minute, he specializes on divides within the

Democratic and Republican parties. Eric Levitz gives these numbers for some context. He writes,

in many polls, Biden's level of support among white voters and senior citizens is comparable to

his 2020 marks.

Yet he has lost an extraordinary amount of standing with young and non-white voters.

Four years ago, Biden won voters under 30 by 23 points, black voters by 79 points,

and Hispanic ones by 35, according to the Democratic Data Firm Catalyst that he cites.

Now he writes, the latest New York Times poll of Battleground States, shows Trump leading Biden by three points among young voters.

Yes, I said Trump leading Biden by three points among young voters.

Last week, a Fox News poll of voters nationwide found Biden tied with Trump,

among those under 30 in a two-way matchup. When third-party candidates were included, Trump led Biden

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