Biden Sets Sights on 2024 Race After South Carolina Victory, yet Challenges Loom

Can President Biden, like some past presidents with low approval ratings, turn things around and win the 2024 election?
Biden Sets Sights on 2024 Race After South Carolina Victory, yet Challenges Loom
US President Joe Biden speaks at the Biden for President 2024 campaign headquarters on February 3, 2024 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images
Emel Akan
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After securing a decisive victory in the South Carolina primary on Feb. 3, President Joe Biden has turned his focus to the 2024 presidential race. Yet he confronts a slew of tough challenges, including record-low approval ratings, an unresolved border issue, and a substantial affordability crisis in the country, which suggest that he has a bigger hill to climb.

President Biden began his reelection campaign with very low job approval ratings. His performance stands as the second-worst in modern history for a first-term president. On average, 39.8 percent of Americans approved of his job performance in his third year in office, according to a recent Gallup survey.
Emel Akan
Emel Akan
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Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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