President Biden declared his candidacy for a second term as president on Tuesday, despite the fact that nearly half of those who voted for him in 2020 believe he should not run again.
According to reports from last week, Biden’s campaign launch will occur on the four-year anniversary of the launch of his 2020 presidential campaign and will be conducted via a campaign video.
A new USA Today/Suffolk University poll released on Monday found that approximately 40% of individuals who voted for Biden in the 2020 presidential election do not believe he should seek re-election in the following election cycle. Approximately 35% of respondents said they would vote for a third-party candidate over Biden in 2024, even if it increased the likelihood that Trump would win the election.
Biden’s team stated that he “intended to run,” but made no other affirmative statements. Speculation raged for months over whether the 80-year-old vice president would seek re-election. However, he stated earlier this month that an announcement regarding his potential candidacy would be forthcoming “relatively soon.”
According to The New York Times, Biden sent exclusive invitations to some of his top 2020 campaign donors last week, inviting them to attend a hastily-planned event at the White House.
Biden, who is presently the oldest president in U.S. history, would be 86 at the conclusion of his second term in 2029 if re-elected.
Biden is currently confronting opposition from environmental attorney Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and spiritual guru and self-help author Marianne Williamson in the Democratic primary.
As more Republican candidates queue up to challenge Trump’s frontrunner status for the GOP nomination, he faces an even more crowded field on the opposite side of the aisle.
