![]() ![]() Having Biden go up against a much younger man like 44-year-old Florida governor Ron DeSantis would be riskier, because it will starkly highlight Biden’s age-related issues.Īfter leaving the White House, Trump, with his frequent rants that seem to mix toxic egotism with a victimhood complex, was losing his popularity outside his core base. But that is exactly what the Democratic Party wants. ![]() Of course, all of this hinges on Trump being nominated by the Republican Party as its candidate. It should surprise no one if his campaign focuses on fear-mongering about a bogeyman more than messages of hope. Biden framed his 2024 bid as “a battle for the soul of America" against the “extremism" of Trump supporters. This, they hope, will get a large number of independent voters who are not committed Democrats or Republicans to turn up on election day and vote for Biden. Its strategists believe that their best bet to retain the White House is to play on the alarm that many feel by the notion of Trump returning. ![]() So Biden’s party is trying to make the 2024 election more about Trump than about Biden’s performance. The only time in American history that an elected president-Franklin Pierce-lost his party’s nomination was in 1856.īiden’s presidency has not been a great success so far-high inflation, a hapless exit from Afghanistan, a big rise in illegal immigration, bitter culture wars over social justice and gender. Yet it is almost certain that Biden will get the Democratic Party’s nomination. According to a Washington Post study of eight national polls in 20, even among Democrats, only 38% wanted Biden to be the party’s presidential nominee in 2024. A poll conducted in February by the Harvard Centre for American Political Studies suggests that as many as 57% of US voters have doubts about Biden’s mental fitness. ![]()
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