If one paid attention to the numbers, how all Americans viewed Biden, one would have known as early as September 2021 that if Biden ran for reelection, he’d be in trouble. September 2021 was when more than half of all Americans began to view Biden in an unfavorable manner. That’s when Biden unfavorable rose above 50% of all Americans where it has stayed ever since with 57% of all Americans having an unfavorable or negative view of Biden today.
https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/favorability/joe-bidenYou can equate that to the number or percentage of those Americans who don’t want Biden reelected. In fact, at the beginning of May 59% of all Americans didn’t want Biden to run for reelection. I haven't seen a more recent poll since then that asked the same question. Unfavorable and don’t run track with each other.
https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/econTabReport_0NJUiMQ.pdfBiden I think is too laidback and perhaps a bit timid in his old age to take full charge of his reelection and tell those dems who want him to step aside to go to hell, kind of Harry Trumanesque. A younger Biden, a then Senator Biden would have done so. But that was a 20-year younger Biden. He’s mellowed with age it seems. Maybe Biden doesn’t have that fire in the belly anymore. Perhaps what Biden needs to do is take 5 minutes of the daily press conference away from his press secretary and tell everyone these are the lies Trump told yesterday. The press would eat it up. He sure would get the media’s attention along with plenty attention from the media.
I'll add, a lot of those who voted for Biden in 2020 but aren't planning on doing so today, viewed Biden as a transition president. A fill in president between Trump and whoever came next. For them, Biden wasn't suppose to run for reelection, he was suppose to step aside and let someone younger, a fresher face run this year.
