Should Biden Run Again in 2024?

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🗓️ 15 July 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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President Biden’s approval rating is below 40%, and a poll this week from the New York Times and Siena College found 64% of Democratic voters would prefer a new presidential candidate in 2024. We’ll talk about what’s fueling voter dissatisfaction with the president, and we want to hear from you: should Biden run again? If not, do you have ideas of who should pick up the mantle? Guests: Tamara Keith, NPR White House correspondent, Co-host of the @NPRPolitics podcast. Marisa Lagos, politics correspondent, KQED - Co-host of KQED's Political Breakdown show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:28.3	Coming up on forum, a startling 64% of Democratic voters say they prefer someone other than Joe Biden as their nominee for president in 2024.
1:38.3	That's from a New York Times and Sienna College poll out this week.
1:42.3	Analysts say frustration over a sense
1:44.5	that Biden's presidency isn't meeting the moment in America
1:48.6	is fueling both the polls findings
1:50.6	and his low approval ratings.
1:53.1	Others say he's done what he can
1:55.0	after being dealt an impossible hand.
1:57.4	What do you think?
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