The last time we really saw a serious challenge to an incumbent president was 1980 with Jimmy Carter, where Ted Kennedy ran against him. And of course he lost overwhelmingly to Ronald Reagan in the general election. Right now, only two Democrats who are even somewhat of note are in the race. The whole Democratic Party does seem to be holding its fire and kind of uniting around Joe Biden.
The oldest president in the history of the United States wants a second term. Vox’s Andrew Prokop and Dylan Matthews explain why Joe Biden doesn’t have any competition.
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah and Siona Peterous, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Matt Collette and Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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