With less than six weeks left until November’s midterm elections, President Biden has bolstered his party as Democrats defend a very thin majority in Congress and try to gain momentum in the battle for states. Aiming to be
“We have to win.
However, Biden’s comments were not on the campaign trajectory.
Instead, the president was in the nation’s capital and headlined a fundraising reception for the Democratic Governors Association.
With his approval ratings recovering but still in negative territory, Biden has been campaigning far from the key battleground states where the House and Senate battles are being fought, and he’s been bullied instead. are using the power of the pulpit to step out of the White House. Performs the usual role of a president – as chief fundraiser for his party.
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That’s another role for politicians who have been on the Democratic Party’s campaign trail for decades. The vice president at the time has been back and forth across the country as Democrats rioted to win a House majority in the 2018 midterm elections. Biden’s current schedule is a stark contrast to his predecessor at the White House, with former President Trump teaming up with Republicans running in key midterm elections at nearly weekly rallies.
Last month, the president headlined a rally of the Democratic National Committee in the blue states of Maryland, visited key battlefields in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania on Labor Day, and met with Democratic incumbents and candidates for two campaigns. Teamed up at a style event. He blasted Republicans in a primetime speech outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia earlier this month.
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But the DNC rally Biden was scheduled to headline in Florida this week was canceled as Hurricane Ian slammed into the Sunshine State. What’s more, most of Biden’s campaign time is spent speaking at fundraising events, helping his party raise the money it needs to compete in the midterm elections.
“The DNC has raised over $107 million so far this year, largely thanks to President Biden’s involvement, which is the largest of any year so far. “It’s also the best mid-year for us. This overwhelming showing of support reflects the broad level of excitement and support for President Biden’s agenda,” a party official told Fox News.
The funding has allowed the DNC to invest at least $70 million in the state this cycle.
Democrats also argue that even though Mr. Biden was treading cautiously in the race, a close race already made a big difference. They point to a number of legislative victories that drew attention to Congressional Democrats and the president late in the summer. It gave a lot of ammunition to Democratic incumbents fighting to win re-election, strategists say.
“The president understands that the politics of these races vary. He wants to do whatever is most helpful to the people on the ground. But I think in some places, if it means getting on a plane and doing a rally, he will do it.” a strategist on Biden’s political trajectory told Fox News.
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The president has also shot arrows at “MAGA Republicans” who he claims embrace “half-fascism” as they remain loyal to Trump, who remains the most popular and influential politician in the Republican Party. Biden’s offensive rhetoric has taken Biden from the referendum that the president and congressional Democrats and their history are running the country amid record inflation, soaring crime, and border crises. It looks like a move that will change the narrative of the midterm elections into a selective election between Trump and Trump. A fight to save democracy.
But Biden’s presence is far from campaigning, as it could do more harm than good to fellow Democrats facing a difficult re-election.
When asked if he wanted to join the campaign in the key swing state of New Hampshire where Biden is running for re-election, former governor and first-term Democratic senator Maggie Hassan said earlier this month on Fox. He told the news: My job is to be the independent voice of New Hampshire.
Republicans have targeted Hassan strongly, but Hassan has for months emphasized policy differences with the White House. The senator ended her response by adding, “The president of the United States is always welcome in New Hampshire.”
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When asked by reporters this week whether a national Democrat like the president would want to join the campaign trail, Democratic first-term Senator Rafael Warnock quickly turned around, saying: Stated.don’t come, after all the people of georgia have a very clear choice between me [GOP Senate challenger] Herschel Walker. That’s the person running. ”
“President Biden understands that taking the road won’t necessarily benefit his party members because of his low approval ratings,” said Neil Levesque, executive director of the New Hampshire Institute of Political Science. He is a professional and understands that he needs to campaign from the White House.”
To a lesser extent, then-President Trump faced a similar predicament in the 2018 midterm elections. Because Republicans who ran in blue or purple states weren’t keen on sharing the stage with an unpopular president.
Fast forward four years and Trump is busy campaigning, looking to revitalize the party’s conservative ranks and back some of the candidates he supported in this year’s Republican primary.
Trump would gain credibility if the Republicans regained majority control in one or both houses of Congress. Defeated in November. Levesque noted that the former president’s rally was about Trump, not necessarily about electing a Republican president.
By contrast, Trump has repeatedly played the role of the Republican kingmaker, voicing his support all the way to state and local elections, right up to the ballot, while Mr. Kept his powder dry. Election. The then-Vice President said that in the 2018 cycle he endorsed well over 100, and in the 2020 cycle he endorsed nearly 50 as presidential candidate and then as a party flag-bearer, while the current president , he has only endorsed nine candidates in this cycle.
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A problem that both Biden and Trump share is that they are incredibly polarized. Both enjoy strong support and favorable ratings among their respective political parties, but both remain under the radar among their counterparts and independents.
How that factor, and how their vastly varied campaign strategies played out in the midterms, and which one was more successful, is a question that will become clear in November.