GUARDIAN PODCAST: Do the Democrats have a Biden problem?

 

GUARDIAN PODCAST:

Do the Democrats have a Biden problem?

00:24:09

Presented by Michael Safiwith David Smith; produced by Ned Carter Miles and Eva Krysiakand Axel Kacoutié; executive producers Joshua Kelly and Phil Maynard

 

Tue 26 Jul 2022 03.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/jul/26/do-the-democrats-have-a-biden-problem

 

The approval ratings of the US president are at a record low. Washington DC bureau chief David Smith considers whether Joe Biden will stand for re-election in 2024

 

After the chaos of Donald Trump, Joe Biden’s appointment as US president was supposed to bring a return to normal: a safe, competent politician who knows how to get things done.

 

But more than two years since he came to office, the US is moving from one crisis to the next. With decades-high inflation, near-weekly mass shootings and failure to make progress on the climate crisis, Biden has reached record levels of unpopularity with voters. And some Democrats are now questioning whether he’s the best candidate to lead their party.

 

The Guardian’s Washington DC bureau chief, David Smith, tells Michael Safi that November’s midterm elections may be pivotal in deciding the president’s future.