Americans are fickle. They like to play the field.
You’ve got to go back 35 years to 1988 to find a given political party winning a third consecutive term in the White House. Back then, Ronald Reagan handed off to George Bush. But before that, the last string of three presidents from the same party began in 1921.
Bill Clinton was two and out, as were George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Donald Trump was one and done.
And now, a new poll finds Americans are very much leaning toward showing President Joe Biden the door on November 5, 2024. And it’s not just Republicans — Democrats agree that he ought to get the boot after a single term.
Just 37% of Democrats say they want Biden to seek a second term, down from 52% in the weeks before last year’s midterm elections, a survey by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs found.
The liberal AP, normally a Biden cheerleader, gave the commander-in-chief a little tough love.
“While Biden has trumpeted his legislative victories and…