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| US presidential election 2024: Democrats taking on Joe Biden | US presidential election 2024: Democrats taking on Joe Biden |
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| Joe Biden has launched his re-election campaign with a video in which he says the country faces a pivotal moment in the 2024 vote. | Joe Biden has launched his re-election campaign with a video in which he says the country faces a pivotal moment in the 2024 vote. |
| The Democratic Party, however, still need convincing that he is the best candidate they have. | The Democratic Party, however, still need convincing that he is the best candidate they have. |
| Polls show about half of Democrats want the party to nominate someone else - although many of those said they will still vote for him. | Polls show about half of Democrats want the party to nominate someone else - although many of those said they will still vote for him. |
| With the party unlikely to schedule any debates ahead of the primary election, Mr Biden is not expected to face a serious challenge. | |
| So who else is running? | |
| Marianne Williamson | Marianne Williamson |
| Self-help guru Marianne Williamson was the first Democrat to jump into the 2024 race, with a formal campaign launch in March. | Self-help guru Marianne Williamson was the first Democrat to jump into the 2024 race, with a formal campaign launch in March. |
| Ms Williamson, 70, is a long-time social justice activist, best-selling author and former "spiritual advisor" to Oprah Winfrey who made her first foray into politics in 2020. | Ms Williamson, 70, is a long-time social justice activist, best-selling author and former "spiritual advisor" to Oprah Winfrey who made her first foray into politics in 2020. |
| She transfixed audiences with a frenetic performance at two Democratic primary debates, in which she declared that the only way to defeat Donald Trump was to "harness love for political purposes". | She transfixed audiences with a frenetic performance at two Democratic primary debates, in which she declared that the only way to defeat Donald Trump was to "harness love for political purposes". |
| The fringe candidate ended that campaign before voting began but she has remained an outspoken voice for the progressive left. | The fringe candidate ended that campaign before voting began but she has remained an outspoken voice for the progressive left. |
| Her 2024 policy platform backs universal government-run healthcare, free childcare, at least $1tn (£800bn) in slavery reparations to black Americans and a federal agency called the Department of Peace. | Her 2024 policy platform backs universal government-run healthcare, free childcare, at least $1tn (£800bn) in slavery reparations to black Americans and a federal agency called the Department of Peace. |
| Ms Williamson is seeking to build her campaign by engaging with young voters on TikTok, where her content has gained millions of views. | |
| Marianne Williamson responds to 'hit piece' allegations | Marianne Williamson responds to 'hit piece' allegations |
| Robert F Kennedy Jr | Robert F Kennedy Jr |
| The nephew of President John F Kennedy, who was assassinated, and the son of US Attorney General Bobby Kennedy, who was also killed, launched his campaign for the White House in April. | |
| He is at least the 12th member of the Kennedy dynasty to run for political office, which has helped Mr Kennedy, 69, garner as much as 21% support in recent polls. | |
| The long-time environmental lawyer once won plaudits for campaigning on issues such as clean water, including working to clean up the Hudson River in New York. | The long-time environmental lawyer once won plaudits for campaigning on issues such as clean water, including working to clean up the Hudson River in New York. |
| But he has been publicly shunned by much of his family over what they call his "tragically wrong" conspiracy theories about vaccines, and embraced by far-right personalities like Alex Jones and Steve Bannon. | |
| Mr Kennedy's vaccine scepticism long predated Covid-19, but he found a new audience during the pandemic, when revenues to the anti-vaccine non-profit he founded in 2011 doubled. | Mr Kennedy's vaccine scepticism long predated Covid-19, but he found a new audience during the pandemic, when revenues to the anti-vaccine non-profit he founded in 2011 doubled. |
| Dennis Kucinich, a former Democratic congressman and two-time presidential candidate who routinely bucked the party line, is managing Mr Kennedy's campaign. | |
| Anti-vaccine Kennedy to challenge Biden in 2024 | Anti-vaccine Kennedy to challenge Biden in 2024 |
| Related Topics | Related Topics |
| Democratic Party | Democratic Party |
| US politics | US politics |
| United States | United States |
| Joe Biden | Joe Biden |