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Apathy and lack of enthusiasm are some of the signs currently being observed among Democratic voters facing the eventual re-election of United States President Joe Biden in 2024.
For some members of the Senate, voters’ reaction confirms the reason for the “mortal,” “worrying” and “frustrating” numbers in recent presidential polls.
According to them, his age is the biggest problem – he turns 81 on November 20 – which they say negatively affects the possibility of a second term and therefore the lack of enthusiasm in his campaign to continue his term in office house contributes.
“There’s just no enthusiasm,” a Democratic lawmaker said on condition of anonymity, quoted by The Hill newspaper.
“What matters is he’s done a good job, but he’s too old,” he said.
However, senators are ruling out the possibility that Biden faces real competition for the party’s presidential nomination, even as many of those voters, particularly younger ones, are yearning for new faces in leadership.
Instead, Democratic lawmakers, anticipating a tough fight to maintain their majority in the Senate, are counting on Republicans to nominate former President Donald Trump as their front-runner.
According to their assessment, Trump (77 years old), who is involved in several legal entanglements, would be a candidate that Biden could win in 2024, although the Democrat is currently showing a weak performance in the poll statistics.
A CNN/SSRS study conducted between August 25 and 31 found that Biden’s job approval rating is 39 percent and 67 percent of Democratic and Democratic voters say the party should nominate someone other than him in 2024.
The poll found that about 58 percent of Americans have a negative impression of Biden, and nearly three-quarters of respondents said they were concerned about his age.
Sen. John Hickenlooper (R-Colorado) finds it frustrating that the numbers are so bad when there is evidence of the strength of the economy and the president’s legislative achievements, such as the Inflation Reduction Act, which took effect in 2022.
According to Heickenlooper, there is a disconnect between voters’ views on the economy and inflation and the latest data.
“The age factor shouldn’t upset anyone unless they see results that don’t meet their expectations,” he added.
Other members of the upper house believed, based on the color blue (the color that identifies the party), that the presidential race had just begun and that Biden’s numbers would improve as the number increased.
“There is still a lot to do, stronger messaging, more aggressive campaigns, but we are still very, very early,” warned Senator Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut) of the current statistics in the polls.
A Wall Street Journal study found that a total of 63 percent of respondents rated the economy between “not so good” (27 percent) and “bad” (36 percent).
With that in mind, the analysis warned that only 37 percent of registered voters strongly or somewhat approve of Biden’s handling of the economy, while 48 percent categorically disapprove of his performance in this area.
73 percent of respondents now believe Biden is too old to seek a second term.
Amid these emerging concerns, the media is focusing attention on five names: Vice President Kamala Harris, natural heir in the event Biden is not, and California Governor Gavin Newsom.
There is also speculation about the names of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg; Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Member of the House of Representatives for New York.
Not included in those assumptions, however, are Biden’s already outspoken opponents for the nomination, anti-vaccination environmental advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and self-help author Marianne Williamson, who present serious options for a White House fight.
On Tuesday, November 5, 2024, Americans will elect the occupant of the Oval Office from January 2025 to the same month of 2029.
Despite everything, the forecasts point to a rematch between the Democrat Biden and the Republican Trump.