70% of Americans don’t want Biden to run again as he announces his White House bid

President Joe Biden heads into his fourth presidential nomination with relentless polling showing that the majority of Americans, including Democrats, do not want him to run again.

The 80-year-old’s approval rating has struggled to rise above 40 percent since he took office and has sometimes fallen below 30.

Voters have given him poor performance ratings and are suspicious of his ability to handle their most important issues, such as the economy.

But he’s decided he still has enough support to win a runoff bid against whoever will end up as the Republican nominee.

More than half of Democrats don’t want Biden to run for reelection, and as many as seven in 10 Americans overall say he shouldn’t seek a second term.

In the poll, 51% of Democrats also said they didn’t want to see another run from the incumbent president

Biden has maintained he plans to complete two terms in office with Vice President Kamala Harris as his No. 2 — and he made good on that promise with his announcement on Tuesday.

But most Americans don’t want the 80-year-old president to take office in 2024, claiming his age is a “major” reason why they don’t want another four years from Biden, according to an NBC News poll released Sunday.

Meanwhile, 21 percent of respondents say age is at least a “minor” factor as to why they don’t want to see him run anymore.

“The president should reflect the age group in the country. They should both retire,” said a Washington state Democratic pollster, referring to Biden and Republican Donald Trump, 76.

They added, “It’s someone else’s turn.”

Biden is already the oldest elected president in US history and would be 82 years old at his inauguration if elected to a second term.

Only six percent of Americans want to see a 2020 rematch between Trump and Biden in 2024.

A separate one poll from the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School shows that Biden’s approval among young Americans has dropped by five points in the past year.

Of registered voters ages 18 to 29, only 36 percent approve of Biden’s performance as president, according to the national poll released Monday. This compares to the 41 percent approval rating in this demographic the president earned last spring — and down three points since the fall.

The poll was conducted March 13-22 and surveyed 2,069 young Americans.

It appears that the increase in crime and violence is seriously affecting Biden’s approval in this younger demographic, with only 27 percent of the nation’s youngest voters saying they approve of the president’s approach to gun safety and nearly half saying that they have felt unsafe in the past month.

If Biden goes up against the eventual Republican nominee in the NBC poll, the president appears to lose.

Of registered voters surveyed, 41 percent said they would definitely or probably vote for Biden, compared to the 47 percent who said they would vote for whoever becomes the GOP nominee.

The same question asked of Democrats alone unsurprisingly showed that 88 percent of this voting bloc said they would “definitely” or “probably” vote for Biden. But only 22 percent of independent voters said the same thing and three percent of Republicans.

While 70 percent of Americans think Biden should not run again, 60 percent of Americans feel the same way about a third consecutive bid by former President Trump for the White House.

A third of Republicans say they do not want him to run in 2024 — even though Trump announced his candidacy for the Republican primary in mid-November.

Meanwhile, the same poll shows that only a measly 6% of Americans want to see a rematch between Trump and Joe Biden in 2024.

Other GOP candidates announced include Nikki Haley, former South Carolina governor and once Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson, and longshot candidates — biotech multimillionaire Vivek Ramaswamy and conservative radio host Larry Elder.

Several individuals have suggested or are rumored to be considering a bid for the White House.

South Carolina Senator Tim Scott set up a presidential exploratory committee earlier this month, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is touring the country flirting with an announcement under the guise of a book tour.

Other potential candidates include former Vice President Mike Pence, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Name.

While Biden will likely be the Democratic Party nominee, there are some long-running candidates vying to oust the incumbent president.

Author and Democratic advocate Marianne Williamson and lawyer and anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have announced bids for the Democratic nomination in 2024.