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This was Biden's fourth presidential campaign, and was his first as the incumbent. [36] His first campaign was in the 1988 Democratic Party presidential primaries.While he was initially considered one of the strongest candidates in that race, a scandal broke soon thereafter when news reports uncovered plagiarism by Biden in law school records and in speeches.
The 2024 presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump was held on Thursday, June 27, 2024 on CNN. It was the first presidential debate of that year's United States presidential election. Joe Biden's poor performance led directly to his decision to withdraw from the presidential race one month later.
[47] [48] The uncommitted vote was the largest opposition to the Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign and received higher vote totals than many contenders in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, including Amy Klobuchar, Cory Booker, Beto O'Rourke, and Biden's vice president Kamala Harris.
This was the first presidential election under the electoral vote distribution determined by the 2020 census. Presidential electors who would elect the President and Vice President of the United States were chosen; a simple majority (270) of the 538 electoral votes is required to win the election.
Joe Biden's tenure as the 46th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 2021. [1] [2] Biden, a member of the Democratic Party who previously served as vice president for two terms under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017, took office after his victory in the 2020 presidential election over the incumbent president, Donald Trump of the Republican Party.
France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) shakes hands with US president-elect Donald Trump (R) as he welcomes him ahead of a meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on December 7, 2024 ...
[313] [314] [315] [m] Biden is the sixth vice president to become president without succeeding to the office on the death or resignation of a previous president. [316] Additionally, Trump's loss marked the third time an elected president lost the popular vote twice, the first being John Quincy Adams in the 1820s and Benjamin Harrison in the ...
In late July, a Washington Post–ABC News poll showed Biden's double-digit lead holding. [170] A national poll conducted in early August showed Biden leading by three percent. [171] An Iowa poll showed Trump leading Biden by 48% to 45%, which is six percentage points less than Trump won the state with in 2016. [172]