Biden Bows Out: President Decides Against Gaining Voters

On March 28th, 2024, a fundraiser was held for Biden and his 2024 Presidential re-election campaign. They raised $26 Million with the help of Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and the late-night comedy (turned news) host, Stephen Colbert. 

Joe Biden is 81 years old and with his health declining, other Democrat centerpieces have now come to help him. 

It makes sense for his team to bring in other Democrat Presidents like Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. To boost Joe Bidens appeal to voters, his team is using Barack Obama’s positive Democrat image from his Presidency. Despite Obama’s charm, the deterioration in the quality of life for Americans due to the increase in prices and the rising crime rates, it is hard for Americans to ignore all that they are suffering, just by the charm of an old president from 8 years ago.

At Joe Biden’s Easter speech, he celebrated Transgender visibility day, he made several gaffes such as calling Easter Bunnies, “Oyster Bunnies”. A gaffe the white house press team had swiftly erased from their official video of the event. As always, Large secret service men tower over him on his left and right, always guiding him to his next position.  

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This year, the Christian festival of Easter fell upon March 31st which was also Transgender Visibility Day. Biden tweeted about both celebrations. Yet when asked the next day about it, he denied he had ever said anything about Transgender Visibility Day.

It is hard to believe that Biden himself believes in Transgender Visibility Day. For 40 years he was a senator whos’ core principles were the opposite of the ones he and his party are parading now. He is distancing himself from the Christian population in America. 55% of Americans are Protestant or Catholic Christian.

The coinciding of Easter and Transgender Visibility Day was unfortunate for Biden. As 2024 is an election year, this may mean he has lost out on many votes from the Christian base.

Politicians need to convince as many people as possible how much they agree, in order to win elections. Obviously, Bidens’ team make him play to as many groups as possible like the LGBT base, Blacks, Catholics, rich, environmentalists and the left in general.

Typically, potential nominees will target the extremes of their parties, who are a solid and reliable base, to beat their opponents in the primaries. In the General vote, candidates will target the center of the political spectrum, the independent vote. Independent votes usually dictate the outcome of the U.S. Elections. An exception would be in the 2012 election, where Obama did not target the independent vote as much as usual and instead had a large turnout from his base supporters, compensating for minimal independent turnout.

Biden is not targeting the independent vote, who largely disagree on his policies. For example, 63% of swing state voters think the U.S. economy is “not so good/poor”. Biden is targeting his base, and convincing them to turn out on election day. The issue for Biden is that the Democrat Party as a whole is not certain on Joe Biden’s policies. Joe Bidens best opinion polling within the Democrat Party is 81% approval on the economy. That is the issue for Biden. His target audience is divided on his actions. 81% seems very good, but when you factor in it is Biden’s own party, he should be polling in the 90’s.

To demonstrate why typical Americans are dis-satisfied with the economy and President. We must compare the economy from when Trump left office on January 20th 2021, to the economy on April 1st 2024 under Biden.

TrumpBiden
Retail Gasoline Price per Gallon$2.33$3.51
Highest Gasoline Price per Gallon$2.87$4.6
Year on Year inflation average1.9%5.7%
Interest Rates0.009%5.33%
Sources for Data: Petrol – https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=emm_epmr_pte_nus_dpg&f=m
Inflation – https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPIAUCSL
Interest Rates – https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FEDFUNDS

Joe Bidens highest Inflation Rate was in June 2022 at 9.1%. When Trump left, COVID-19 was still a significant economic factor. However, a lack of fluctuation in petrol prices demonstrated that, under Trump, the petroleum industry was less volatile. Mainly due to Trump’s high crude oil production, at 13 Million barrels per day, coupled with reduced imports from non-allied countries. Biden’s oil production is higher than Trump’s at 13.2 Million barrels per day, but with imports from Venezuela (170,000 bpd), Iraq (200,000 bpd), and Mexico (300,000 bpd).

Biden relies on many split bases in the Democrat party and left in general. One such group is the environmentalists, who pursue a transition from fossil fuels to Renewable energy sources like electricity from wind turbines. The Biden Administration plans to be 100% Renewable energy by 2035. Biden campaigns about how much he is doing to help the environment and has granted funding for “Green Energy” projects. On the 4th of April 2024, the Biden administration gave $20 Billion for Renewable energy investment in low-income Neighborhoods.

The Stock Market is at an all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is at 39,000. The reason for this is when the economy is in a precarious state, as it is currently under Biden, people put their money in the one place that will always keep its value. Stocks. The booming Stock Market and financial data proves Biden’s Economic policy is failing.

The Republican National Congress tripled its Fundraising in March to $65.6 Million. They raised $65.6 Million and ended the month with $93.1 Million in Cash. Compared to Biden, Trump is at a significant cash disadvantage from fundraising. Despite this, his wealth after Digital World Acquisition Corp. went public, adding $3 Billion to his net worth, will compensate for any shortages in funding.

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Trump needed to post a $175 Million bond in NYC relating to the “inflation of asset value.” The bond reduced from $454 Million to $175 Million. Automotive Billionaire Don Hankey paid for Trump’s $175 Million bail.

Trump has not missed out on campaigning to everybody. During Bidens fundraiser in NYC, Trump was at a police mans funeral, who was murdered by an illegal immigrant. Crime and illegal immigration was lower under Trump than Biden. It is difficult to refute that America was better under Trump than under Biden.

Will America continue its decline into chaos, or will everything change in November?

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