So? Incumbent president is still the single biggest advantage in American politics. It translates roughly to a free five points over your opponent. Plus the bully pulpit.
You aren’t wrong. If you look at literally any “NYT best selling book” by a right wing pundit you will see the little dagger icon that means bulk sales. Because the big right wing foundations by them in the tens of thousands and then give them away for free in swag bags at conferences and stuff.
Didn’t you see this last sentence? Maybe lib/prog politicians should talk about how they have amassed wealth to the ignorant sheeple when they are campaigning?
You realize Joe won’t be able to campaign from his basement this time? He will have to win a primary against someone the party hopes will draw independents back. And that primary challenger will use every topic that has turned off independents against him.
Every president we hear about how they’re going to get primaried before re-election and it literally never happens because anyone who studies electoral politics knows that Reagan’s attempt to primary Ford from the right cost Ford the election in ‘76 and Ted Kennedy’s attempt to primary Carter from the left in ‘80 cost got Reagan elected, ironically, before either were even really contested in the general.
The incumbent advantage as president is so strong that Truman ran against two other Democrats as well as a Republican in the general election and still squeaked out a win.
Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know figures into that a lot.
If Trump ran again it could be interesting. It would possibly be a repeat of Grover Cleveland, the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms.
The election would be interesting since both are very well known quantities at this point and both would have one term under their belts. No devil you may know situation.