Joe Biden presidential campaign, 2020
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| Campaign | U.S. presidential election, 2020 |
| Candidate | Joe Biden U. S. Senator from Delaware (1973–2009) Vice President (2009–2017) |
| Affiliation | Democratic Party |
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The 2020 presidential campaign of Joe Biden, the sitting Vice President and longtime Senator from Delaware, announced his candidacy for President of the United States before a group of reporters at the US Capitol on Monday, December 5th 2016, after seeing a bill supporting his Moonshot cancer initiative.[1][2][3][4]
Biden had previously run for president in 1988, but failed to receive the nomination of the Democratic Party. He also ran in 2008, which led to his election as Vice President.
If elected, Biden would be the first Roman Catholic to be president since John F. Kennedy, and the first President to be born during World War II. (b. 1942)
Campaign development[edit]
Groundwork for the campaign[edit]
Biden had run for president before, but his 1988 presidential campaign had lasted for only three and a half months.[5][6] He had been forced to withdraw due to controversies arising over reusing other politicians' speeches without credit, and falsely recollecting parts of his academic record.[6]
Biden also ran in 2008, which led to his election as US Vice President. While Vice President, Biden often hosted the influential Iowa and New Hampshire Democratic Party delegations.
In the lead in to a possible 2016 Presidential run Joe Biden made campaign stops in early Democratic primary states and a Draft Biden 2016 group started establishing a framework to support a primary campaign.[7][8]
Public perceptions[edit]
Endorsements[edit]
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Polling[edit]
Joe Biden consistently polls as favorable with the American voting public.[9] If he had decided to run in 2016, he would have been the most popular candidate in the race.[10]
Political positions[edit]
Biden is considered to be a moderate liberal, clocking a 77.5 percent liberal voting record in 2006 and lifetime score of 76.8 percent.[11] Biden is Pro-Choice on abortion rated 100% by NARAL and supports a state's right to have civil unions.[12] He favors a Balanced Budget Amendment and a rollback of the Bush tax cuts. He supports the PATRIOT Act, the war in Afghanistan and voted in favor of authorization of military force into Iraq. He believes a political solution can be met in Iraq through federalization. Biden would favor American military intervention into Sudan to end the Darfur genocide. He supports Gun control and was given an F by the NRA. He opposes the No Child Left Behind Act although he voted in favor of it in 2002. Biden opposes capital punishment and supports the continuation of the war on drugs. In 2007 he voted in favor of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill and supports a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. Biden opposes oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and believes that the government must take action against global warming.[13]
See also[edit]
- Political positions of Joe Biden
- Joe Biden presidential campaign, 1988
- Joe Biden presidential campaign, 2008
- United States presidential election, 2020
References[edit]
- ↑ http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/05/biden-says-im-going-to-run-in-2020.html
- ↑ http://hotair.com/archives/2016/12/05/joe-biden-im-running-for-president-in-2020/
- ↑ http://fortune.com/2016/12/05/joe-biden-president-2020/
- ↑ http://www.thewrap.com/joe-biden-going-run-2020/
- ↑ E. J. Dionne (June 10, 1987). "Biden Joins Campaign for the Presidency". nytimes.com.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 E. J. Dionne (September 24, 1987). "BIDEN WITHDRAWS BID FOR PRESIDENT IN WAKE OF FUROR". nytimes.com.
- ↑ http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/draft-biden-super-pac-lines-up-iowa-co-chairs-213337
- ↑ http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/05/politics/joe-biden-2016/
- ↑ http://www.gallup.com/poll/186167/biden-maintains-positive-image.aspx
- ↑ http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/biden-would-enter-2016-race-most-popular-candidate-poll-n435076
- ↑ Cillizza, Chris (March 1, 2007). "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall – Who's the Most Liberal of Them All?". Washington Post. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
- ↑ "Candidates dance at civil unions: Dems shy of marriage; GOP jumps to right". Concord Monitor and New Hampshire Patriot. April 21, 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
- ↑ "Joe Biden on the Issues". OnTheIssues.org. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
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