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While final results in several races were not in yet, Democrats
may have held onto control of the Senate and have narrowed
expected losses in the House, bucking historical trends for the
party of a new president.
“President Biden will and should run for re-election, and he’ll
win. He has led a tremendously successful administration, and
the American people recognize that. Republicans and pundits
alike continue to underestimate him at their own peril,”
Jennifer Holdsworth, a Democratic strategist, told Reuters.
Another Democratic strategist, Karen Finney, said the midterms
result should mean that Biden "gets all the time he wants to
decide" on what to do about 2024.
Biden may have to do some convincing to get voters to warm to
the idea.
Two thirds of midterm voters - including 43% of Democrats -
would prefer that Biden not seek re-election in 2024, according
to exit polling conducted by Edison Research. Ninety percent of
Republican voters do not think he should run, the poll found.
The White House had crafted a message casting Republicans as
extremists planning to take away women's rights and defund
popular social programs, even as some pundits suggested focusing
more on the economy.
Some strategists were also crediting Vice President Kamala
Harris for her campaign work and pushing the message of
reproductive rights despite harsh criticism of the strategy.
(Reporting by Steve Holland and Jarrett Renshaw; Editing by
Heather Timmons and Howard Goller)
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