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Biden, 76, has led in early polls of primary voters, and could capture significant support from major Democratic donors, many of whom held off from backing other candidates while awaiting his decision.
An announcement of his plans is expected in the coming weeks, according to the person, a Biden ally who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a private conversation.Biden has indicated in recent weeks that he’s close to making announcing a campaign for the Democratic nomination, which would be his third, but hadn’t made a final decision. In a speech Saturday at a Democratic Party event in his home state of Delaware he made a verbal slip that hinted at a campaign.
Barack Obama. There’s also a sense among some Democrats that Biden’s appeal with working-class white voters in the Rust Belt would make up for weaknesses that costYet he also would enter the campaign with some liabilities, including his age — four years older than Trump — and positions on issues that are more moderate than significant portions of the party’s voting base, which increasingly is made up of young voters, minorities and women.
In recent speech, Biden tested out some themes of his potential campaign, which would rest heavily on his appeal to working-class voters while resisting other Democrats’ aggressive attacks on big business and Wall Street.Even though the first formal contest for the nomination isn’t until February 2020, there already are 15 other Democrats seeking the party’s presidential nomination.
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