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Biden's plan: Trade Unions and Black Core Voters

The USA's president Joe Biden has a strategy for his survival as the Democratic presidential candidate: trade unions and black core voters.

» Updated: 16 July 2024, 14:07

» Published: 10 July 2024

Biden's plan: Trade Unions and Black Core Voters
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The USA's President Joe Biden has a strategy for his survival as the Democratic presidential candidate: trade unions and black core voters.

Joe Biden is struggling against the wind after his weak debate performance against his opponent in the autumn's presidential election, Donald Trump, at the end of June. During the debate, the President lost focus several times and speculations about his cognitive abilities are flourishing wildly in both traditional and social media.

In parallel with opposition also within his own ranks, the 81-year-old Democratic presidential candidate Biden is on the offensive to reach voters.

Trade Union Support

On Wednesday – in the midst of the ongoing NATO summit in Washington – Biden meets representatives of the USA's largest trade union organization AFL-CIO.

A source in the White House tells the news agency AP that Biden, with close relations to the trade union movement, will thank them for their support and present a plan for the future.

Several trade union leaders express their support for the President and say that members "cannot ask for a stronger representative", according to AP.

Church Visit

The President also has support among many African American Democrats, although polls suggest a decreased enthusiasm for Biden among black and Latin American voters compared to the 2020 election. On Sunday, he visited an African American church in Philadelphia.

We want you to know, President Biden, that Bishop Morris is 91 years old, soon to be 92, said Bishop J Louis Felton to Biden during the visit, referring to the church's founder, reports media company ABC.

President Biden, you are not just among friends, you are among family.

Biden, in turn, thanked the Bishop for his sermon and welcome before meeting churchgoers for conversations and photos.

Needs Support

One of Biden's advisors, Anita Dunn, tells the magazine Politico that Biden's black, Latin American, and trade union core voters know that he is fighting for their sake and that they will fight for him.

And Biden seems to need the support. According to several American surveys, around three-quarters of voters believe that the Democrats would have a greater chance of winning the election with another presidential candidate.

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