The campaign of former President Donald J. Biden’s age and frailty and painting him as the weakest incumbent president to run for re-election since Jimmy Carter tried 44 years ago. Republicans plan to play on those uncertainties, harping on Mr. “President Biden is in remarkably weak shape for an incumbent running for re-election,” said Bill McInturff, a veteran Republican pollster who co-directs the NBC News poll. Biden losing to a generic Republican presidential candidate, 47 percent to 41 percent. Despite low unemployment, a remarkably resilient economy and an enviable record of legislative accomplishments in his first two years, the octogenarian president has never quite won over the nation, or even voters in his party. Biden’s personal liabilities are tugging at the Democrats’ well-worn worry strings.
They’re losing and they can’t seem to see that.” “But for the first time in my career, I think Republicans have painted themselves into a terrible position. “I’m always going to be worried because we’re a very divided country, and presidential races are going to be close, no matter who is in it,” said Anne Caprara, who helped lead Hillary Clinton’s super PAC in 2016 and is now chief of staff to Illinois’s Democratic governor, J.B. And a battleground that has narrowed to only a handful of states means, at least for now, that the 2024 campaign will be waged on favorable Democratic terrain. The issues dominating the nation’s politics have largely worked in the Democrats’ favor. Democratic unity has stifled even the hint of an intraparty insurgency.
Yet as President Biden embarks on his campaign for a second term, Democratic officials firmly believe he is beginning his bid on Tuesday from ground that is far more solid than his personal standing indicates. More than half of the voters in his own party don’t want him to run for re-election.
Nearly seven in 10 Americans believe their country is on a “wrong track.” The incumbent president will be 81 on Election Day 2024.
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