Trump Vs. Biden Rematch No One Asked For, But Here's Why You'll Be Glued

Despite the lack of enthusiasm from the American public, as evidenced by recent polls, both candidates managed to secure their respective party's nomination on Super Tuesday, setting the stage for a rematch.

While Biden's administration has been marked by a robust economy, the upcoming election is likely to be dominated by populist issues such as border security and violent crime. Trump, on the other hand, is expected to use these issues to divert attention from his legal woes.

March 06, 2024

In a surprising turn of events, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley announced her withdrawal from the race. However, she refrained from endorsing Trump during her announcement speech in Charleston.

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Despite the lack of enthusiasm for the rematch, both Biden, 81, and Trump, 77, managed to secure victories in almost all contests on Super Tuesday. However, a recent AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll revealed that a majority of voters question the mental acuity of both candidates.

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A Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll conducted in February found that eight in ten swing state voters felt Biden was too old for the job. The same poll revealed that voters perceived Trump as too 'dangerous' for the role.

Upon securing the nomination, Trump will gain control of the Republican National Committee, granting him greater access to staff and influence over party policy. "They call it Super Tuesday for a reason. This is a big one. This has been a day that we've been waiting for," Trump told supporters after his victories began rolling in.

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The results of Super Tuesday confirmed that Biden and Trump will once again vie for the White House in November. For Biden, the results highlighted the division within the Democrat party over his administration's handling of the crisis in Gaza. In Minnesota, around 19 percent of Democratic voters were 'uncommitted.'

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Haley's challenge has underscored some of Trump's potential general election vulnerabilities. She managed to secure 40 percent of the votes in some state contests, performing particularly well among independent, well-educated, and suburban voters who could play a crucial role in battleground states in November.

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About one-third of North Carolina voters expressed that Trump would not be fit to serve as president if he was convicted of a crime, while in Virginia, over half said he would be fit for the office if convicted.

In a surprising twist, Jason Palmer, a relatively unknown candidate, secured a victory in the Democratic primary in American Samoa. Trump's only defeat came in Vermont, where Haley claimed the state's nine delegates.

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Speaking to supporters in Mar-a-Lago, Trump told a muted crowd that if 'we lost the election, we're not going to have a country left.' During his speech, Trump touched on contentious issues such as immigration and promised less global warfare if he were in office. He labeled his rival as the 'worst president' in history and claimed, without evidence, that 'our cities are being overrun with migrant crime.'

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In response, Biden stated that Trump was driven by 'grievance and grift' rather than a desire to help the American people. "Tonight's results leave the American people with a clear choice. Are we going to keep moving forward or will we allow Donald Trump to drag us backwards into the chaos, division, and darkness that defined his term in office?"

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Republican strategist David Kochel told Fox News that 'it's pretty clear both parties are ready to get to the general election.' He suggested that the Trump and Biden campaigns will likely be vying for Haley's voters.

Around 81 percent of Haley voters in North Carolina stated that they would not vote for Trump in the national contest. Trump carried the state in 2020 by less than 100,000 votes. Haley won 250,000 votes in her defeat to Trump.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Trump's former press secretary and now-Governor of Arkansas, told Fox on Tuesday, 'I do think it is time for her to step aside and let the party rally fully around Donald Trump so that he can take Joe Biden on and beat him in November.'

Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota, rumored to be on Trump's short list for vice president, told CNN that the 'primary race is over.' "The general election starts immediately. I think what you’re seeing is that there’s a high amount of energy for Donald Trump …. And everyone in the Republican Party that I know is thinking let’s get united and let’s get focused on the general election."

Pop star Taylor Swift encouraged her fans to vote in a post on Instagram, though she did not endorse specific candidates. Biden's campaign is hopeful Swift will eventually back his candidacy, as she did in 2020.

A February poll found that one third of Republicans believe that Swift was caught up in a 'covert government effort' to help Biden's re-election thanks to her high-profile relationship with Kansas City Chiefs' tight end Travis Kelce.

Biden sailed through the Democratic contests, although a protest vote in Minnesota and six other states organized by activists opposed to his forceful support of Israel in its war against Hamas attracted unexpectedly strong results.

The 'uncommitted' vote in Minnesota stood at 19 percent with nearly 90 percent of the votes counted, according to Edison Research, higher than the 13 percent that a similar effort in Michigan drew last week.

Biden nevertheless won Minnesota and 14 other states, including a mail-in vote in Iowa that ended on Tuesday.

He did suffer one loss, in American Samoa, where entrepreneur Jason Palmer won 51 votes to Biden's 40, according to the American Samoa Democratic Party.

In 2020, American Samoa was the only victory that former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg during his disastrous and expensive attempt to gain the Democratic nomination.

Immigration and the economy were leading concerns for Republican voters, Edison exit polls in California, North Carolina, and Virginia showed.

A majority of Republican voters in those states said they backed deporting illegal immigrants. Trump, who frequently denigrates migrants, has promised to mount the largest deportation effort in US history if elected.

Tuesday's results will only intensify the pressure on Haley to drop out of the race. She did not make a public appearance on Tuesday, and her campaign has not scheduled any events going forward.

In a statement, her spokesperson said the vote showed 'there remains a large block of Republican primary voters who are expressing deep concerns about Donald Trump.'

Haley's challenge has highlighted some of Trump's potential general election vulnerabilities.

She has reached 40 percent in some state contests, performing particularly well among independent, well-educated, and suburban voters who could play a crucial role in battleground states in November.

About one-third of North Carolina voters said Trump would not be fit to serve as president if he was convicted of a crime, while in Virginia, over half said he would be fit for the office if convicted.

Trump is scheduled to begin his first criminal trial on March 25 in New York, where he is charged with falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments to a porn star during his 2016 presidential run.

For Democratic voters, Gaza appears to be a big issue in addition to Minnesota, 13 percent of Democratic voters in Michigan also went uncommitted last week.

The final days before Tuesday demonstrated the unique nature of this year’s campaign.

Rather than barnstorming the states holding primaries, Biden and Trump held rival events last week along the US-Mexico border, each seeking to gain an advantage in the increasingly fraught immigration debate.

For all of the bluster, the US economy is performing well, something that voters do not seem concerned about.

In addition to the New York case, Trump faces separate federal and Georgia state charges for election interference, though it is unclear whether either case will reach trial before the Nov. 5 election. He also faces federal charges for retaining classified documents after leaving office.

Trump has pleaded not guilty in all four criminal cases.

Biden faces his own weaknesses, including widespread concern about his age. He is already the oldest US president in history.

In her speech Wednesday morning, Haley will not endorse Trump but will encourage him to 'earn the support of Republican and independent voters who backed her,' according to the report.

On Tuesday, Haley told Fox & Friends, 'I haven't heard him pledge to me that he would support me if I won, so I don't know why I have to go and pledge to him that I would support him.'

Haley will also speak Wednesday about conservative values, such as an active foreign policy, as opposed to MAGA isolationism and tighter government spending.

Her campaign made history as she became the first Republican woman to win two primaries, in Vermont and the District of Columbia, thus preventing a total blowout.