Voters Are Wary of Biden. Here’s Why He Might Win Anyway

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🗓️ 26 April 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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President Biden has announced that he will seek another term in the Oval Office, despite the fact that he will be 81 on Election Day 2024. Not everyone is overjoyed about that prospect — more than half of Democrats don’t want him to run again. Nonetheless, the party’s leaders are increasingly confident about his chances. Jonathan Weisman, a political correspondent for The Times, explains why. Guest: Jonathan Weisman, a political correspondent for The New York Times.

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0:00.0	From New York Times, I'm Michael Babbaro.
0:03.8	This is A Daily.
0:05.2	Today.
0:13.7	More than half of Democrats don't want Joe Biden to seek a second term.
0:19.3	But as he formally embarks on his reelection campaign, Democratic leaders are increasingly
0:25.0	confident that the polls fail to capture Biden's real strength and that the electoral
0:31.1	map favors him over a Republican.
0:39.1	My colleague Jonathan Weissman explains why.
0:44.5	It's Wednesday, April 26.
0:50.8	Jonathan, we woke up Tuesday morning to a form of news that's not exactly earth shattering,
0:56.4	not exactly shocking, but nevertheless very important.
1:00.4	That's right.
1:01.4	Joe Biden is running for reelection and he announced it as we expected with a video posted
1:08.4	to the internet.
1:09.8	Freedom.
1:10.8	Personal freedom is fundamental to who are Americans.
1:16.1	And he repeatedly evokes two words, freedom and rights.
1:21.8	But you know, around the country, Maggie extremists are lining up to take on those bedrock
1:27.0	freedoms.
1:28.0	He talks about banning books.
1:30.2	He talks about people trying to control who you love.
1:34.1	Dictating what health care decisions women can make.
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