Withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election: Difference between revisions

[[File:President_Biden_letter_on_resigning_from_reelection.png|thumb|upright|[[Joe Biden]]'s letter on suspending [[Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign|his campaign]]]]

 

 

Following months of speculation,<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Jonathan |date=December 13, 2022 |title=Why the 2024 Race Is Eerily Quiet |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/12/13/2024-campaigns-trump-biden-00073548 |accessdate=July 26, 2023 |work=[[Politico]]}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite news |last1=Cordes |first1=Nancy |last2=O'Keefe |first2=Ed |last3=Gomez |first3=Fin |date=January 19, 2023 |title=Biden likely to announce 2024 reelection bid not long after State of the Union address |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-reelection-bid-announcement-after-state-of-the-union-address/ |accessdate=July 26, 2023 |publisher=[[CBS]]}}</ref> on April 25, 2023, Biden announced he would [[Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign|run for reelection]] as president in the 2024 election, with Harris again as his running mate. The campaign launched four years to the day after the start of his [[Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign|2020 presidential campaign]].<ref name="Associated Press">{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Zeke |date=April 25, 2023 |title=Biden announces 2024 reelection bid: 'Let's finish this job' |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-election-2024-president-democrats-trump-9c72115656855da89a41cac3f79aa65b |accessdate=April 25, 2023 |work=[[Associated Press News]]}}</ref> On the day of his announcement, a Gallup poll found that Biden's approval rating was 37 percent, with most of those surveyed saying the economy was their biggest concern.<ref name="pollrui">{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Jeffrey M. |date=April 27, 2023 |title=Biden Begins Reelection Bid at Low Point in His Presidency |url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/505202/biden-begins-reelection-bid-low-point-presidency.aspx |accessdate=July 26, 2023 |work=[[Gallup Inc.]]}}</ref> During his campaign, Biden promoted an [[economic policy]] known as [[Economic policy of the Joe Biden administration|Bidenomics]] following the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=June 22, 2023 |title=Bidenomics: President Biden and Congressional Democrats' Plan to Grow the Economy from the Bottom Up and Middle Out, Not the Top Down, Is Delivering for the American People |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/WH-Bidenomics-Deck-6.22.23.pdf |access-date=June 28, 2023 |publisher=[[White House]]}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite news |last1=Marquez |first1=Alexandra |last2=Bowman |first2=Bridget |last3=Kamisar |first3=Ben |date=July 20, 2023 |title=Eyes on 2024: Bidenomics back on the campaign trail |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/eyes-2024-bidenomics-back-campaign-trail-rcna95285 |accessdate=July 26, 2023 |publisher=[[NBC News]]}}</ref> He frequently stated his intention to "finish the job" as a political rallying cry.<ref name="Associated Press" /><ref name=":5">{{cite news |date=April 25, 2023 |title='It's Time to Finish the Job,' Biden Tells Union Workers as He Starts '24 Race |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/01/20/us/biden-2024-president-election-news#biden-running-2024-president |access-date=January 7, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite news |last=Lemire |first=Jonathan |date=February 7, 2023 |title=Biden urges GOP lawmakers to 'finish the job' and takes a few swipes at them too |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/07/biden-state-of-the-union-address-2023-00081651 |access-date=May 11, 2024 |work=[[Politico]]}}</ref>