Maybe Joe Biden was right: he could've beaten Donald Trump

The Democratic Party will have to contend with the losing campaign it ran against Biden 's plans to run for a second term.

The deposing of Biden will remain a great source of controversy within the Democratic party , a political scientist and analyst said.

Trump 's victory in the Great Lake states helped him once again break through the "blue wall".

In 2016 , Hillary Clinton lost male voters to Trump by a 9 -point margin, 41 percent to 52 percent .

Biden was able to catch up in 2020 , when he ran behind Trump by just 2 points among men, 48 percent to 50 percent .

During her campaign, Harris received particularly worrying signs from Black men, who drifted away from the Democrats after the vice president became the nominee.

Strategists and pundits believe that the Democrats would have lost regardless if it was Biden or Harris at the top of the ticket.

Michael DuHaime , a veteran Republican strategist, said Biden leaving the race was not the most glaring mistake of the 2024 election.

He said that had the Democrats had time to hold a proper primary, the party "would have a stronger nominee".