More than 70 percent of Americans don’t want Joe Biden to run for re-election in 2024, according to another painful poll for the president.
Biden’s approval rating has also fallen to 38 percent as the president faces potentially damaging voter judgment in the upcoming midterm elections in November.
Biden, 79, will find it nearly impossible to implement his legislative agenda if the Republicans Control of Congress in elections.
the Harvard Capps/Harris Poll It found that 71 percent of Americans don’t think Biden should not run for a second term amid soaring inflation and soaring gas prices.
Of those who think Biden should not run for re-election, 30 percent said it was because of his advanced age — he will be 81 in the 2024 election — while 45 percent said he was a “bad president.”
Most of those surveyed said they had concerns about whether Biden was mentally fit to serve, with 60 percent saying they had doubts about his mental fitness.
More than 70 percent of Americans don’t want Joe Biden to run for re-election in 2024, according to another dire poll for the president.
Biden, 79, will find it nearly impossible to implement his legislative agenda if Republicans control Congress in the election.
The poll also found that while Biden was the favorite among Democratic voters in the Democratic presidential primary, only 30 percent would vote for him.
“President Biden may want to run again but voters are saying ‘no’ to the idea of a second term, driving the job he’s doing as president,” said Mark Penn, co-director of the Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll. hill.
“Only 30 percent of Democrats would vote for him in the Democratic presidential primary,” Penn added.
Meanwhile, 61 percent of those surveyed said they believed former President Donald Trump should not run for re-election.
The poll found that 36 percent said Trump should not run because he is erratic, 33 percent said he would divide America, and 30 percent said he was responsible for the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol.
a Meanwhile, a majority of those polled said they would consider a moderate, independent presidential candidate in 2024, with 60 percent saying they could support a third person if Biden and Trump end up securing their parties’ nominations.
The Biden presidency has been marked by a series of miscalculations and unexpected challenges.
Biden’s approval rating has also fallen to 38 percent as the president faces potentially damaging voter judgment in the upcoming midterm elections in November.
The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic was swiftly followed last summer by the disastrous US withdrawal from Afghanistan, when the Taliban took control of the country faster than the administration expected as the US-backed regime collapsed. After that, negotiations over Biden’s broader domestic agenda stalled, completely breaking down in December.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February sent gas prices skyrocketing around the world, exacerbating inflation that reached a 40-year high. Another blow came last month, when the Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to abortion under Roe v. Wade and reduced the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
Suddenly an engaged president, Biden has been left trying to regain the initiative at every turn, often with mixed results. The coronavirus is less dangerous than before, and infection is less likely to lead to death, but Congress refuses to provide more money to deal with the pandemic.
Biden signed new gun restrictions into law after massacres in New York and Texas, and he is leading a reinvestment in European security as the war in Ukraine enters its fifth month. But he has limited tools at his disposal to deal with other challenges, such as rising costs and eroding access to abortion.
“People are grumpy,” said Lindsey Chervinsky, a presidential historian.
Douglas Brinkley, another historian, said Biden suffered from presidential hubris after a hugely successful run in his first five months in office, which included a trip abroad to meet with allies eager to welcome a friendly destination on the international stage. He compared Biden’s July 4th speech last year to President George W. Bush’s infamous “mission accomplished” moment during the Iraq War.
“He was trying to deliver good news, but it just didn’t work out for him,” Brinkley said. “Suddenly, Biden has lost a lot of his goodwill.”
White House officials dismiss the comparison, noting that Biden warned about a “strong” delta variant in his 2021 speech. Deaths from the virus are now at a record low, reducing disruptions to workplaces and classrooms, spokesman Chris Meagher said.
“Fighting inflation and lowering prices is the president’s number one economic priority, and he’s laser focused on doing everything he can to make sure the economy works for the American people,” he said.
“And we are in a strong position to transition from a historic job recovery to stable and steady growth. Because of the work we’ve done to control the pandemic, COVID is not the disruptive factor it has long been.
