Why are so few candidates for President? As noted by The Atlantic this week, at the time of the State of the Union address in 2019, several Democrats had already declared that they were running for president. With President Joe Biden giving the State of the Union on Tuesday, only one candidate of the opposite party, former President Donald Trump, has announced a presidential run in 2024.
“By the time a president gives the State of the Union address at the beginning of his third year in office, at least half a dozen people are typically already in the presidential race, Russell explained. But this year is different. Besides former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, who is expected to announce her candidacy next week, the 2024 campaign is off to an extremely slow start,” the magazine’s Isabel Fattal wrote.
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