President Biden announced this Sunday, July 21, that he was withdrawing from the 2024 presidential race, a seismic event that will let the Democrats are dismented to select his replacement just a few weeks from their convention.
In a publication on social networks, well said: “Although I intended to represent myself, I believe that it is in the best interest of my party and the country that I withdraw and that I focus only on the performance of my functions as president for my mandate”.
The reactions to this announcement were varied. Some members of the Democratic Party have expressed their respect for Biden’s decision, highlighting its dedication to the nation. Others, however, be concerned with the repercussions that this decision could have on the next elections and on party unity.
The withdrawal of Biden from the electoral race means that the Democratic Party will quickly find a candidate capable of gathering the voters and carrying out a victorious campaign. Speculations are already underway that could emerge as the new party’s face. States having already held their primaries, this means that democratic voters have neither time nor the mechanism to choose a replacement directly.
At this stage of the process, it is up to the Democrats delegates, party officials at state and local level who were selected during the primaries to decide who will replace Biden at the top of the list, either during the National Democratic Convention in August in Chicago, or before. Anyway, it will be a logistics nightmare for democrats in the coming weeks.
