A liberal organization focused on stopping President Biden’s re-election has run ads in three more states calling for people to step out of the remaining stages leading up to the 2024 election. increase.
RootsAction.org’s “Don’t Run Joe” campaign, which helped Senator Bernard Sanders run for president in 2020, is expanding its TV ads to three states—Georgia, Michigan, and South Carolina—and is set to launch in 2024. We plan to hold an early primary election in 2018. .
RootsAction.org President Pia Gallegos said:
Biden, who turned 80 in November, has said he wants to run again and plans to announce his intentions early next year.
Mr. Biden turned around in the 2022 midterm elections, surpassing expectations as Democrats defended the Senate and Republicans took over the House to cut losses. He touted it as yet another Trump-inspired denunciation of republicanism and a false “election fraud” accusation.
Still, polls show that many Democrats aren’t enamored with the idea of Biden running for office in 2024.
Yahoo! A news survey of U.S. adults released this month found that 55% of respondents said no when asked if Mr. 22% of voters who answered and 23% of voters who answered “neither”.
The poll found that 31% of Democrats, 65% of independents and 78% of Republicans said no.
RootsAction.org seeks to capitalize on that sentiment. There are two reasons behind their push. It’s about stopping the Republicans from winning the White House and pushing a “genuinely progressive agenda.”
According to the group, Mr. Biden is simply uninspiring and too moderate.
In the ad, people warn Democratic voters that nominating “the status quo Joe” would jeopardize the party’s chances of defending the White House. I lament being popular.
“With his low popularity, it’s too much of a gamble,” the woman says in the ad.
It also features voters plugging in liberal ideas, demanding more action on climate change, and promoting universal health care.
The group aired an ad in New Hampshire last month. New Hampshire is usually home to the nation’s first primary. “We cannot afford to lose,” said another voter in an ad. “Don’t run away, Joe.”
