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It's not about voting which one is good; it's about choosing which one is the “least bad.”
With eight months left until the US presidential election, there is no doubt about the “rematch” between 81-year-old Biden and 78-year-old Trump.
On Tuesday local time, Biden and Trump locked down nominations for the bipartisan presidential election, setting a historic moment for the US.
Because since 1956, this is the first time that there has been a “rematch” of candidates in the US presidential election; furthermore, for the first time in 132 years, a former US president faced off against an opponent who defeated him four years ago.
Biden, Trump lock down nominations
On March 12, local time, President Joe Biden, who is seeking re-election, pre-empted the Democratic presidential nomination for the 2024 US presidential election.
According to reports, Biden needs the support of at least 1968 of the 3,934 Democratic Party representatives in various US states to win the nomination.
According to data from Edison Research, he surpassed this figure on Tuesday evening because Georgia's primary election results began to come out, ahead of expected results.
37 years ago, Biden ran for President of the United States for the first time. Unexpectedly, when running for re-election at age 81, he was still the best candidate for the Democrats to defeat former President Trump once again despite facing low approval ratings and old age issues.
Former US President Trump also locked down the Republican nomination for the presidential nomination.
According to the US election forecasting agency Decision Desk headquarters, Trump has obtained enough representative votes to win the Republican presidential nomination.
Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi, and Washington held a Republican nomination contest late on Tuesday local time. Trump received the 1,215 votes required for the official nomination within the party.
This also means that a confrontation between Biden and Trump in the November election is unavoidable. Undoubtedly, this will mark an historic moment for America.
The last repeated presidential confrontation occurred in 1956, when Republican President Dwight Eisenhower defeated former Illinois Governor and Democrat Adlai Stevenson for the second time.
After nearly 70 years, the first rematch of the US presidential election will be played against Biden and Trump.
Voters have no choice
The 2024 US presidential election is not so much a “popularity contest” as a “referendum” for American voters.
Because apart from Biden and Trump, voters have no choice. However, in the “choose one of two” limit, it's not about voting which one is good, but about choosing which one is “least bad.”
Right now, voters don't seem to be very enthusiastic about the “rematch” between the two. According to a poll, neither Biden nor Trump are popular with the majority of voters.
One is the first former US president to be tried in a criminal case. Trump has previously faced up to 91 felony charges.
These include allegations of falsifying business records to conceal seal payments to porn stars, a federal indictment in Washington DC alleging he conspired to overthrow the 2020 election, and more.
One is the oldest current US president in US history. Biden's “age” issue has become the fatal weakness of this election. If re-elected this year, Biden will be 86 years old.
Voters are worried that he is too old to serve a second four-year term. Trump has also been “attacking” Biden's age and memory issues, and has also called out the title “Sleepy Joe.”
The latest AP-NORC survey found that 63% of people said they were not very confident or at all confident in Biden's mental ability to effectively serve as president. 57% of people think the same about Trump.
Regardless of November's outcome, either he or Trump will be the oldest leader ever to be sworn in at the 2025 inauguration.
Most notably, the economy will be a core campaign issue.
The US economy continued to expand during the Biden era, inflationary pressure eased, and the stock market hit a record high. However, according to a survey, although inflation has slowed from a high level two years ago, only 34% of American adults say they agree with Biden's way of handling the economy.
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