1. Is there any Democrat who will dare to run against Biden? Joe Biden is unlikely to be challenged by any high-profile Democrat in the primaries next year. Indeed, there are already two candidates, John F. Kennedy’s nephew and Robert Kennedy’s son, Robert Kennedy Jr. and Marianne Williamson, both in their 70s. But none of them is given a serious chance of gaining much voter support. Both are considered too far to the left to threaten Joe Biden. When an incumbent president stands for re-election, the rule is that the party’s main line stands behind the president. According to several American commentators, President Biden feels no threat from his own party. 2. If he now becomes the Democrats’ candidate – what are his chances of winning the presidential election in 2024? In the opinion polls that are conducted on an ongoing basis, it is very even between Joe Biden and Donald Trump (if he wins the Republican nomination). Joe Biden has said on several occasions that he is the only candidate who can win against Trump. If the governor of Florida, 48-year-old Republican Ron de Santis wins the nomination, he has a narrow lead over Joe Biden in the latest polls. And maybe de Santis would be a bigger problem for Joe Biden. De Santis pursues largely the same policies as Donald Trump but belongs to a new untested generation nationally. 3. There is a lot of talk about Biden’s old age. How big is that problem for him? Perhaps the most interesting thing about both Biden and Trump is that a clear majority of voters in both parties do not want either of the aging candidates. Joe Biden, who is already the oldest president in the history of the United States and will be 86 years old when he steps down after a possible election victory. At the moment, it still looks as if there will be a new presidential election battle between 76-year-old Donald Trump, now indicted and who risks further indictments, and 80-year-old Joe Biden. But the primaries are 9 months away and American elections have a history of surprising twists and turns.
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