Compared to Barack Obama’s campaign itinerary during the first midterm election of his administration, President Joe Biden’s October agenda is far lighter so far.
There are noticeably fewer travels planned for Biden, and those that are don’t include states with tight races for governor and the Senate, including Arizona and Nevada.
As of this point in the race, Obama has traveled for his campaign eight times compared to Biden’s five. And in the second part of the month, the former president visited 12 states over a 10-day period in an effort to energize Democratic voters.
However, despite Obama’s celebrity, the desperate Democrats still suffered a’shellacking,’ as the former president characterized it, as the Republicans won 63 seats in the House as a result of a significant red wave.
This year’s House election favors the Republican Party. There is a race for the Senate. Despite gaining seven seats, Republicans were unable to take control of it in 2010.
As the incumbent presidential party regularly loses seats in Congress in midterm elections, both presidents had to contend with history.
So far, Biden’s plan has included appearances in Pennsylvania, which he says is his home state, and friendlier territory like the deep blue city of Los Angeles.
In an effort to support Democratic governor candidate Tina Kotek, who is in danger of losing to the Republican, he did make a trip in Oregon over the weekend.
Biden is still running for office, but in a different way.
There aren’t any typical campaign rallies, just smaller-scale gatherings and fundraisers held behind closed doors, which begs the issue of whether or not candidates are hesitant to support him.
Biden has conducted a lot of formal events that had political overtones. However, for Biden, it is his primary method of campaigning in the run-up to the midterm elections,’ Brendan Doherty, a politics professor at the U.S. Naval Academy who analyzes presidential travel, told NPR. Other presidents have also done this.
Voters are expressing their dissatisfaction with the status of the economy and the high cost of living, which is reflected in the president’s poor popularity ratings, which are now in the mid-40s.
In order to demonstrate that Biden is involved in the campaign, the White House cited his travel to the West Coast last week, during which he made stops in Colorado, Oregon, and California.
At her briefing on Monday, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, “He’s going to be out there.”
“He will go where he is required. And we will without a doubt add more if we have it to his journey, she said.
On Tuesday, Biden will give a political address in Washington, D.C. He will raise money for Democratic Senate contender John Fetterman in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
His lone scheduled political engagement for the next week is a return trip to Philadelphia on Friday, October 28. Of course, more journeys may be added.