Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Democrats Should Cheer Up About Biden

Voters have understandable hesitation about the president’s age, but they ought to feel good about his accomplishments.

April 25, 2023 at 11:30 AM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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President Joe Biden is running for re-election. A lot of Democratic voters have been telling pollsters they wish he wouldn’t.

To the extent that voters are wary of having a president in his 80s, their discomfort is understandable. But if it’s a question of how Biden has done handling the job of president, Democrats should cheer up about their likely nominee.