In this article, we gathered the most important reasons why Biden’s path in the presidential race stood up.
President of the United States Joe Biden announced his withdrawal from the presidential candidacy on Sunday. As recently as Friday, Biden said he would continue campaigning in the week that has just started.
In this article, we compiled four significant reasons why Biden’s candidacy came to an end.
1. Age and health raised doubts
Biden’s age and health, 81, have raised concerns for a long time.
At the beginning of February, the special prosecutor Robert Hurin the report stated that Biden will not be charged with taking classified documents home because he is an “elderly man with a bad memory.”
Also the newly elected presidential candidate of the Republican Party Donald Trump is held in public Biden’s age and state of health are repeatedly on display.
Biden announced on Wednesday that he fell ill with the disease caused by the coronavirus. According to Biden’s doctor, the president’s symptoms were mild.
However, Biden had stated that he would consider withdrawing from the race if, according to the doctors, it was necessary due to his health.
If Biden had won the November presidential election, he would have been 82 years old when he took office.
2. Mistakes and mix-ups in words
In particular, Biden’s recent blunders have raised the question of his suitability for the presidency.
During the past summer alone, Biden has, among other things, mixed up the names of heads of state and performed awkwardly in public.
The most famous of the cases will probably be the first televised election debate with Republican presidential candidate Trump at the end of June.
Biden’s performance in the debate has been described as a disaster, among other things.
Biden’s thoughts wandered, especially at the beginning of the debate, and his performance only improved momentarily during the debate.
In early July, Biden seemed to confuse himself with a black woman in an interview with the Wurd radio station.
Also at the NATO summit in early July, the magnifying glass was aimed at Biden.
At the meeting, Biden was invited, among other things, by the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi President of Russia to Vladimir Putinbut soon corrected his mistake.
3. The party’s support evaporates, the financiers die
Before last week, the Democratic Party still stood as a fairly united front behind Biden. However, the gravel sounds got louder as the week progressed.
By the next day, Saturday, there were already 30 members of the Democratic Party publicly demanding Biden’s withdrawal, and in addition there were already dozens of members who expressed their concerns.
The ranks of staunch Biden supporters also began to waver in recent days.
The US media reported citing insider sources, including the former president Barack Obama’sformer Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and that the current Democratic leaders of Congress have told Biden of their concerns.
Also many financiers have said they will stop funding the Democratic Party or have threatened to withdraw their campaign funding if Biden continues in the race.
4. Voting in November is not only in presidential elections
In November’s presidential election, you won’t just vote for the president. While the people of the United States are electing their country’s 47th president, they are voting in congressional elections.
– Democrats fear that the congressional elections will also be lost because of Biden’s candidacy, professor of North American studies Benita Heiskanen stated in the 20:30 news on Sunday.
Also used as sources: The New York TimesReuters