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26-04-2023
WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden has officially launched his campaign for re-election in 2024, becoming the Democratic frontrunner in a race that could pit him for a second time against Republican contender Donald Trump, according to his campaign video.
Biden’s announcement on Tuesday came on the fourth anniversary of his first successful presidential bid, launched on April 25, 2019.
A majority of Democrats have said they would back Biden, 80, against a Republican challenger in next year’s election, a recent poll found but the Democratic president faces some of the lowest approval ratings of his tenure so far, and his age Biden is currently the oldest person to hold the US’s highest office has spurred questions about his re-election prospects.
As Joe Biden prepares to launch a re-election bid, a new poll shows that about half of Democrats want him to run again, but more than 80 percent said they would still back the US president against a Republican rival in the general elections in 2024.
The poll released on Friday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research showed that 26 percent of Americans overall including 47 percent of Democrats want to see Biden seek a second term.
Biden’s candidacy appears to be gaining support among Democrats. A January poll showed 37 percent of Democratic respondents said they would like him to run.
A total of 81 percent of Democrats say they would at least probably support Biden in a general election if he is the nominee. The poll included 1,230 respondents.
Biden has indicated explicitly that he intends to pursue the presidency again, but he has not made a formal announcement. Several US media outlets have reported that the president will launch his campaign early next week, perhaps on Tuesday four years to the day after he announced his 2020 campaign.
At 80, Biden is already the oldest president in US history. If re-elected, he would be 82 at the time of his second inauguration and 86 by the end of that term.
Jenipher Lagana, 59, told media she likes Biden and described him as an “interesting man” who has had an “incredible political career” but “my problem with him running in 2024 is that he’s just so old”, said Lagana, who is retired and lives in California.
Sitting presidents eligible for re-election rarely face serious primary challenges from within their party. Biden would be a clear favourite to win the Democratic nomination if he runs again.
So far, two other Democrats have announced 2024 presidential campaigns, but their bids are largely seen as long-shot efforts. (Int’l News Desk)
