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Withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election

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President Joe Biden addressing the nation after his decision to end his re election campaign, July 2024

On July 21, 2024, U.S. President Joe Biden announced he was ending his campaign for a second term as president[1] through social media. He supported Vice President Kamala Harris[2] as a Democrat candidate in the 2024 United States presidential election. Concerns about Joe Biden's health and getting COVID-19 made other people concerned in the Democratic Party about a second term. During a presidential debate in June 2024, Biden looked sick, spoke in a hoarse voice, and was not able to remember some statistics. After the debate, many people said that Biden should leave the election.

On April 25, 2023, Biden said he would run for reelection as president in the 2024 election.[3][4] At this point, a poll said that Biden's approval rating was 37%. Many of the voters said that they were concerned about the economy.[5] During his 2024 campaign, Biden said he would support economy growth and recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic.[6][7] He said that he wanted to "finish the job" many times.[8][9][10]

The first presidential debate was on June 27, 2024, between Biden and Donald Trump. Biden was criticized, and many people said he spoke badly.[11][12][13] Many newspapers and people said that Trump won the debate.[14][15][16][17][18] Many people asked questions about Biden's health. Some asked him to stop his campaign.[19] At first, many editorial boards of news sites[20][21] said that Biden wanted to stay a candidate.[22] On July 21, he quit his candidacy. He said that it was for his party and his country.[23] He wanted Harris to be the president after him.[24][25] Biden is the first incumbent president that could run for reelection, but did not since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968. He is the first incumbent president in America to not run for reelection after winning the primaries.

References

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  1. ↑ Baker, Peter (July 21, 2024). "Biden Drops Out of Race". New York Times. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  2. ↑ Schrader, Adam; Moran, Mark (2024-07-21). "Biden drops out of presidential race, endorses Harris". United Press International. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  3. ↑ Martin, Jonathan (December 13, 2022). "Why the 2024 Race Is Eerily Quiet". Politico. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  4. ↑ Cordes, Nancy; O'Keefe, Ed; Gomez, Fin (January 19, 2023). "Biden likely to announce 2024 reelection bid not long after State of the Union address". CBS. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  5. ↑ Jones, Jeffrey M. (April 27, 2023). "Biden Begins Reelection Bid at Low Point in His Presidency". Gallup Inc. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Bidenomics: President Biden and Congressional Democrats' Plan to Grow the Economy from the Bottom Up and Middle Out, Not the Top Down, Is Delivering for the American People" (PDF). White House. June 22, 2023. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  7. ↑ Marquez, Alexandra; Bowman, Bridget; Kamisar, Ben (July 20, 2023). "Eyes on 2024: Bidenomics back on the campaign trail". NBC News. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  8. ↑ Miller, Zeke (April 25, 2023). "Biden announces 2024 reelection bid: 'Let's finish this job'". Associated Press News. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  9. ↑ "'It's Time to Finish the Job,' Biden Tells Union Workers as He Starts '24 Race". The New York Times. April 25, 2023. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  10. ↑ Lemire, Jonathan (February 7, 2023). "Biden urges GOP lawmakers to 'finish the job' and takes a few swipes at them too". Politico. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  11. ↑ Holland, Steve; Reid, Tim; Morgan, David. "Biden acknowledges age, bad debate performance but vows to beat Trump". Reuters. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ 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.
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ 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.
  20. ↑ "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.
  21. ↑ Robertson, Nick (June 30, 2024). "These major media outlets have called for Biden to drop out". The Hill. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  22. ↑ Keith, Tamara; Shivaram, Deepa (July 3, 2024). "'I'm in this race to the end,' Biden tells campaign staffers". NPR. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  23. ↑ Biden, Joseph R. Jr. [@JoeBiden] (2024-07-21). "My Fellow Americans" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  24. ↑ Biden, Joseph R. Jr. [@JoeBiden] (2024-07-21). "My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it's been the best decision I've made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it's time to come together and beat Trump. Let's do this" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  25. ↑ Shear, Michael D. (2024-07-21). "Live Updates: Biden Drops Out of Presidential Race, Endorses Harris". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
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