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Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign

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Biden for President 2024
Campaign2024 U.S. presidential election
2024 Democratic primaries
Candidate
AffiliationDemocratic Party
StatusSuspended; committee carried over to Kamala Harris's campaign
AnnouncedApril 25, 2023
SuspendedJuly 21, 2024
HeadquartersWilmington, Delaware
Key people
ReceiptsUS$210,851,151.58[2] (April 30, 2024)
SloganTogether, We Will Defeat Trump Again[3]
Finish the Job[4][5][6]
Let's Go Joe
Website
joebiden.com
(archived - May 1, 2024)

The 2024 presidential campaign of Joe Biden was announced by Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States. He announced his reelection campaign for the 2024 presidential election on April 25, 2023.[7][8][9][10]

Biden won enough delegates for the nomination for the Democratic primaries to be reelected as president and was the presumptive nominee.[11][12]

On July 21, 2024, Biden ended his reelection campaign. He endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the presidential nomination.[13]

Background

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After Biden won the 2020 United States presidential election, he became the first presidential candidate to defeat an incumbent president since the 1992 presidential election. Biden also became the oldest president ever elected in the United States.

During late 2021, as Biden was suffering from low approval ratings and nationwide polls urged Biden not to run for reelection due to his unpopularity and his age.

In November 2022, Donald Trump, who Biden had defeated in the 2020 election, announced his candidacy for a non-consecutive term.

Debate performance and crisis

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The first presidential debate was held on June 27, 2024, between Biden and Republican nominee Donald Trump. Biden's performance was criticized by many, with commentators saying he lost his train of thought and did not give good answers.[14][15][16] Many newspaper columnists said that Trump won the debate.[17][18][19][20] Polling showed that a majority of the public believed Trump won.[21] After the debate had people questioning his health, Biden faced calls to drop out from the race, including from fellow Democrats[22] donors and newspapers of several major news outlets.[23][24] Biden said that he would remain a candidate.[25]

Suspension

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On July 21, 2024, Biden ended his reelection campaign and endorsed Harris's campaign, 29 days before the beginning of the 2024 Democratic National Convention.[26][27] As of July 22, 2024, Harris had secured enough delegates to become the presumptive Democratic nominee.[28] This is the first time an eligible incumbent has withdrawn from reelection since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968.

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Epstein, Reid J. (January 23, 2024). "Two Top Biden Aides Are Taking the Reins of His Re-election Campaign". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ "Report of Receipts and Disembursements – Biden for President". FEC. May 20, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Together, We Will Defeat Trump Again Sticker 2-Pack". Biden Victory Fund Webstore.
  4. ↑ "Joe Biden for President: Official Campaign Website". Joe Biden for President: Official Campaign Website.
  5. ↑ "Finish the Job Buttons 2-Pack". Biden Victory Fund Webstore.
  6. ↑ Holland, Steve; Renshaw, Jarrett; Timmons, Heather (April 25, 2023). "Biden, 80, makes 2024 presidential run official as Trump fight looms". Reuters – via www.reuters.com.
  7. ↑ "Biden announces 2024 reelection bid: 'Let's finish this job'". AP NEWS. 2023-04-25. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  8. ↑ "Biden announces he is running for re-election, framing 2024 as a choice between 'more rights or fewer'". NBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  9. ↑ Kinery, Emma. "Biden launches 2024 reelection campaign, promising to fulfill economic policy vision". CNBC. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  10. ↑ Baker, Peter (2023-04-25). "Biden Announces Re-election Bid, Defying Trump and History". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  11. ↑ "President Biden Announces Reelection Campaign | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  12. ↑ "Watch: Joe Biden Announces 2024 Re-Election Campaign". www.wsj.com. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  13. ↑ "Joe Biden drops out of election, upending race for White House". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  14. ↑ Holland, Steve; Reid, Tim; Morgan, David. "Biden acknowledges age, bad debate performance but vows to beat Trump". Reuters. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  15. ↑ Miller, Zeke; Price, Michelle L.; Weissert, Will; Barrow, Bill; Superville, Darlene (June 27, 2024). "A halting Biden tries to confront Trump at debate but stirs Democratic panic about his candidacy". Associated Press News. Archived from the original on June 28, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  16. ↑ Kashinsky, Lisa; Cancryn, Adam; Daniels, Eugene (June 28, 2024). "Dems freak out over Biden's debate performance: 'Biden is toast'". Politico. Archived from the original on June 28, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  17. ↑ Greenfield, Jeff (June 28, 2024). "The Worst Debate Performance in American History". Politico. Archived from the original on June 28, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  18. ↑ Rappeport, Alan (June 27, 2024). "Who Won the Debate? Biden Stumbles Left Trump on Top". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 28, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  19. ↑ Potas, Dace (June 28, 2024). "Republicans deserve the version of Trump we saw during the debate. Too bad it won't last". USA Today. Archived from the original on June 28, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  20. ↑ Prokop, Andrew (June 28, 2024). "2 winners and 2 losers from the first Biden-Trump debate". Vox. Archived from the original on June 28, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  21. ↑ Bycoffe, Aaron; Brown, Amina; Rakich, Nathaniel (June 28, 2024). "Who Won The First Biden-Trump Presidential Debate?". FiveThirtyEight. Archived from the original on June 27, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  22. ↑ Allen, Jonathan (June 28, 2024). "Some Democrats start calling for Biden to step aside and 'throw in the towel' on 2024". NBC News. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  23. ↑ "To Serve His Country, President Biden Should Leave the Race". The New York Times. June 28, 2024. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 28, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  24. ↑ Robertson, Nick (June 30, 2024). "These major media outlets have called for Biden to drop out". The Hill. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  25. ↑ Keith, Tamara; Shivaram, Deepa (July 3, 2024). "'I'm in this race to the end,' Biden tells campaign staffers". NPR. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  26. ↑ Mason, Jeff; Renshaw, Jarrett; Singh, Kanishka (July 21, 2024). "Biden drops reelection bid, backs Harris to top Democratic ticket". Reuters. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  27. ↑ Schrader, Adam; Moran, Mark (July 21, 2024). "Biden drops out of presidential race, endorses Harris". United Press International. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  28. ↑ Shao, Elena; Gómez, Martín González (July 23, 2024). "Here Are the State Delegations That Have Endorsed Kamala Harris". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
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