Biden wins enough delegates to clinch 2024 nomination

By Jen Krausz on
 March 13, 2024

President Joe Biden on Tuesday won enough delegates in state primaries to become the official 2024 Democrat presidential nominee. Some have speculated that the party would try to install former first lady Michelle Obama as his replacement due to his consistently low polling numbers.

Georgia's primary gave him the needed 1,968 delegates to officially claim the party's bid when the Democrat National Convention convenes in Chicago in August.

He will face former President Donald Trump for the second election in a row, since Trump also clinched the Republican nomination this week with wins in Georgia and elsewhere.

Biden has a steep hill to climb toward a second term, however, as voters have serious concerns about him being the oldest president in history at 82 and about his policies that have led to economic stagnation and another 10 million or more illegal immigrants in the country.

A recent AP-NORC poll showed that only 38% approve of the job Biden is doing as president, while 61% disapprove.

RealClearPolitics puts Trump's favorability average at 42.9%, a significant advantage over Biden's.