After a lackluster showing in last week’s debate, Democratic leaders threw their support behind US President Joe Biden. This was despite the White House denying a rumor that he was meeting with family to think about his campaign. Many Americans have spread rumors about Biden and even The New York Times editorial board has asked him to step down. However, many well-known Democrats, including former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, have said they fully back Biden’s resignation.
But no big party leaders have gone against the party line and asked Biden to step down. Even though she is running with US Vice President Kamala Harris, she can not take Biden’s place at the top of the ticket. Biden can not tell her to run in his place either if he decides to drop out of the race.
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We all know that President Joe Biden is 81 years old. Since his first debate with former President Donald Trump on Thursday night, his age has become a hot topic in the news. It is likely that Biden’s mistakes with language, weak voice (his team said he had a cold), and rambling responses to Trump’s jokes and the moderators’ questions will lead to the question of whether he should be replaced as the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate.
Every state has held a presidential election before. Democratic rules say that the delegates Biden won must continue to support him at the party’s next national gathering unless he tells them he is dropping out of the race. After the US presidential debate between President Donald J. Trump and President Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Democratic Party is in a mess over how their candidate did. Biden, who is 81 years old, seemed too old to lead the country or run for president, and the ninety minutes only proved that idea.
As the Democrats said for the 2024 election, leaders in office have rarely had to deal with strong challenges from their party’s candidates. But after Thursday, there are rumblings in the party about who might replace her before the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August.
Democrats don’t have any other option
There has not been a main plan B since Biden is the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate. Biden has a lot of power over the process right now. He would have to give in to a competitor who would try to force him to step down at this point in the process. And so far, Biden has not said that he wants to step down, and no one has directly challenged him.
In fact, California Governor Gavin Newsom and Vice President Kamala Harris, two of his most likely successors, spoke out strongly in his defense after the debate. They did this as a way to show their support while drawing a comparison between his awkward performance in Atlanta and their own.
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What if Joe Biden steps down?
The White House rejected a rumor that US Vice President Joe Biden was meeting with his family to talk about his campaign. However, Democratic leaders backed Biden after he did badly in last week’s debate. A lot of well-known Democrats, like former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, have said they will never support Biden’s retirement, even though many regular Americans are against it and The New York Times’ editorial board even asked him to step down.
In the past few months, Biden has won primary elections in several US states and regions, earning him about 4,000 Democratic delegates. There is no right or wrong way for delegates to vote. This means they can choose to vote for someone else even if they normally would vote for Him. If Biden “frees” his delegates by quitting, there may be competition among Democrats who want to be the nominee.
Who would replace Joe Biden?
The front-runner is not clear, but a lot of people could join the race. Most likely, Vice President Harris would be at the top of the list. However, she has been having personal problems since her rough election campaign and low opinion results. The US Constitution says that the vice president must become president if the president dies or becomes unable to do so. However, it does not say anything about how the person should be chosen by the parties.
People have suggested that Governors Newsom of California, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Andy Beshear of Kentucky, and JB Pritzker of Illinois could take his place. However, these people are also Biden supporters and surrogates who are trying to help him win the race right away.