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Most Democrats don't want Biden to run even as he readies announcement
A majority of Democrats
remain adamant that President
Joe Biden shouldn’t run for a second term in 2024 even as he
prepares to launch his reelection bid as soon as next week.
Roughly 47% of Democrats said they would like to see Biden run again in 2024, a slight uptick from the 37% who offered similar sentiments in January,
according to a poll from the
Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. When it comes to all voters, only 26% said Biden should run for a second term.
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Although a majority of Democrats said he shouldn’t run for another term, about 81% of voters in the party said they’d support him in the general election if he’s the nominee, the poll showed. That support was split among 41% who said they would “definitely” support him compared to 40% who said they “probably” would.
The mixed support comes as Biden is preparing to announce his reelection bid as soon as next Tuesday, coinciding with the anniversary of his 2020 presidential announcement in 2019. The president is expected to make the announcement through a video message and fundraising appeal, multiple outlets reported.
Biden has long teased running for a second term, even as the 80-year-old has become the oldest serving president in U.S. history. Should he choose to run, he’d face at least two challengers: Marianne Williamson, who announced her candidacy in early March, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who held his first campaign event on Wednesday.
As he prepares his announcement, it was reported that Biden is set to meet with several of the party’s top donors in Washington, D.C., this weekend as a way to rally support. The details of the donor summit are not yet clear, but it’s likely Biden will host a dinner for fundraisers on Friday night before hosting a briefing on Saturday, sources told the
Washington Post.
Although he is expected to make his reelection plans official next week, some aides close to the president warned the announcement process could drag out and be pushed later into the spring or early summer. The White House has not felt much pressure to hurry his campaign along, especially as Biden only faces two candidates compared to a growing GOP field.
Instead, Biden has focused on pushing key agenda items through Congress and holding events to tout his legislative successes, such as his bipartisan infrastructure law that was passed last year, as well as his sweeping measures in the Inflation Reduction Act.
Most Democrats Don't Want Biden to Run Again
