President Biden's team is looking to give Vice President Kamala Harris a popularity facelift after the pair announced their re-election campaign.
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke about abortion on Tuesday at Howard University in Washington, D.C. boost her low approval ratings following her and President Biden's newly-announced re-election campaign this week.
While neither Biden's nor Harris' approval ratings are above 50%, Harris has remained stagnant in the high 30s throughout the pair's time in office, while Biden has hovered around the low-to-mid 40s. Harris is likely to face more scrutiny than ever in the 2024 campaign given the president's age. He would be 82 on Inauguration Day 2025.teams to schedule more events featuring Harris and promoting more popular aspects of the Democratic platform, according to Axios.
The first two years of Biden's presidency saw Harris tasked with the least popular and most difficult issues, such as reforming elections and handling the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. Vice President Kamala Harris is getting some help from President Biden's staff to boost her approval rating as the 2024 presidential race gets underway.have struggled to work together since taking office in 2021. Harris has also been dogged by a revolving door of staffers, many of whom depart and complain of a toxic work environment.
Biden and Harris themselves also do not appear to be close. When Harris tested positive for COVID-19 in April 2022, Biden was not listed among her close contacts, meaning she had not seen the president in person in at least a week.While Biden's team is doing what it can, neither candidate is particularly popular. Biden himself sits at just 44%, having recently recovered from a near-record low of 38% earlier this year.
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