The majority of American voters believe US President Joe Biden should not run for re-election, while Asia’s hopes about the Biden administration have not been realised, says Trisha Craig of Yale-NUS College.
Since then, his trajectory has been mostly downward and he trails Trump, who is the choice of almost half of Republicans by a margin of 15 points. Other declared or presumed Republican candidates including former vice president Mike Pence, former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott barely register with percentages of support in the low single digits.
a rejection of the extremism around the Capitol riot and election denial, the popularity of Biden policies like infrastructure investment and anger over the Supreme Court’s decision in June 2022 to roll back abortion rights.Biden’s campaign will focus on similar themes, and highlight his accomplishments in areas like climate change, reducing prices of some prescription drugs, and COVID-19 relief.
, the economy still feels precarious to many Americans, and concerns like gun violence and immigration, typically weaknesses for Democrats, are top of mind.How does the rest of the world view the coming American gerontocracy? In Asia Pacific, particularly Southeast Asia, there is a sense that some initial hopes about the Biden administration have not been realised.
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