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Democrats Don’t Even Like Joe Biden

According to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, 52 percent of Democrats do not want Biden to run for president.

Joe Biden. Image Credit: Gage Skidmore.
U.S. President Joe Biden reacts as he makes a statement about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas shortly after Biden returned to Washington from his trip to South Korea and Japan, at the White House in Washington, U.S. May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

President Joe Biden is expected to announce his reelection campaign next week – four years to the day after announcing his 2020 campaign. The announcement – if it actually happens – will put to an end to months of speculation, months of asking whether or not Biden would run for reelection.

Yet, the news will be met with mixed reactions; just over half of Democrats do not want Biden to run for reelection. Still, given that Biden’s most likely general election opponent will be Donald Trump, Democrats will most likely come together to support Biden in one more election.

Democrats not enthusiastic about Biden

According to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, 52 percent of Democrats do not want Biden to run for president. On the Republican side, 93 percent do not want Biden to run for reelection, which “means that more than one in four adults surveyed do not want the president to seek re-election,” Fox reported.

That over nine-in-ten Republicans wouldn’t want Biden to run isn’t especially noteworthy; we live in polarized times and cross-party support for any candidate is low. But that only 48 percent of Democrats want their incumbent president to run for reelection is noteworthy.

Support for Biden is low for multiple reasons. For one, Biden is 80 years old; if he were reelected, his second term would last through his 86th birthday. Most people agree: that’s too old for the presidency. Second, the progressive wing of the party has, and has always had, reservations about Biden – who authored the 1994 crime bill, crafted Delaware into a corporate haven, has personal misgivings about abortion, and voted to invade Iraq.

But Democrats don’t really have an alternative within the party. Marianne Williamson and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. have announced campaigns to challenge Biden’s claim to the Democratic nomination – but we’ve got a pretty good idea this all ends with Biden winning his second consecutive Democratic nomination.

Democrats prefer Biden to the GOP alternative

Despite the lukewarm support for the president within the party, Democrats are still signaling an intention to support Biden in the general election.

“If Biden wins the nomination, 41% of Democrats polled said they would definitely support him – another 40% said they will likely support him,” Fox reported.

Why? Like I mentioned, we live in polarized times. Democrats would rather elect an octogenarian with moderate-to-conservative leanings than elect a Republican. Especially if that Republican turns out to be Donald Trump.

It’s funny. Democrats are more worried about Trump than any of the other GOP candidates – even though many of the GOP challengers, like DeSantis and Pence, are more conservative in most respects than Trump. But that doesn’t matter; that’s not how Democrats think.

Democrats have been hard-wired to view Trump as public enemy number one – no matter what. So, Democrats will rally to defeat the orange-tinted Republican.

2024 campaign will be massive

Biden’s 2024 campaign could well be the most expensive political campaign ever. And the earlier he announces, the faster he can get fundraising. Trump has something of a head start with respect to fundraising. Actually, Trump made a fantastic haul after his indictment – raising millions in hours.

The president will have some catching up to do. But with the platform of the presidency and the begrudged support of his party, Biden will compensate.

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Harrison Kass is the Senior Editor at 19FortyFive. An attorney, pilot, guitarist, and minor pro hockey player, Harrison joined the US Air Force as a Pilot Trainee but was medically discharged. Harrison holds a BA from Lake Forest College, a JD from the University of Oregon, and an MA from New York University. Harrison listens to Dokken.

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Harrison Kass is a Senior Defense Editor at 19FortyFive. An attorney, pilot, guitarist, and minor pro hockey player, he joined the US Air Force as a Pilot Trainee but was medically discharged. Harrison has degrees from Lake Forest College, the University of Oregon School of Law, and New York University’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. He lives in Oregon and regularly listens to Dokken.

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