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The Biden Campaign Has a Trump-Fatigue Problem

nymag.com The Biden Campaign Has a Trump-Fatigue Problem

Biden needs to emphasize the risks of a second Trump term without annoying and alienating voters who are sick of hearing about him.

The Biden Campaign Has a Trump-Fatigue Problem

Joe Biden’s campaign is facing a strategic dilemma. Since the president’s job-approval ratings have been consistently low, his path to reelection depends on making 2024 a comparative choice between himself and Donald Trump, his scary, extremist predecessor. That task is becoming more urgent as evidence emerges that a sizable number of voters either don’t remember or misremember the four turbulent years of the Trump administration. But paradoxically, educating voters about the potential consequences of a Biden defeat could annoy and alienate them by pushing Trump fatigue to new heights.

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