# President Joe Biden and the runup to the 2024 election **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 15, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384 "2021-11-15T14:54:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 31
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/612 "2024-02-07T17:10:18Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > It’s the lack of Joe Biden on TickTock, Facebook, X and such that’s the problem. Assumes facts not in evidence. I’m not on Facebook or TikTok\*, but I am on Instagram and Threads, and joebiden is on both, posting frequent zingers about Trump posts. People who have him on ignore or mute aren’t going to see them, though. And while people could turn off the radio to not hear FDR, they were a lot less likely to do it than the average person is now to shun someone they don’t like on social media, and ignoring someone on social media is more effective than avoiding all news coverage of an FDR fireside chat. \*I used to be on Twitter, but I don’t see why Biden would want to be on that wretched hive of scum and villainy, X. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/613 "2024-02-07T17:25:51Z")
I’m on Facebook and X all the time, and I assure you Joe Biden is there a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/614 "2024-02-07T18:37:16Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > They should hit that, too. They’re all good lines of attack, and none should be avoided out of fear that they’ll remind credulous hardliners about obvious lies. My dream is multiple pro-Biden PACs, each of which has enough money to convince Fox to air their ads, and every commercial break between now and the election is just one anti-Trump ad after another, each focusing on a different line of Trump Bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/615 "2024-02-07T19:00:06Z")
Joe Biden is pretty active on Instagram too, on the order of several times a day. Nowadays the comments on every single post are dominated by people who won’t vote for him because of the Middle East. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/616 "2024-02-07T19:09:53Z")
He’s on Truth posting zingers too. [![](https://i.imgur.com/LFfQzfr.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/LFfQzfr.png) [![](https://i.imgur.com/ZHDOnI0.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/ZHDOnI0.png) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/617 "2024-02-07T20:15:32Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > It’s not about the format. It’s the direct, straightforward communication to the American people that’s missing. The lack of Democratic leaning voters on AM talk radio isn’t the problem. It’s the lack of Joe Biden on TickTock, Facebook, X and such that’s the problem. I have seen dozens of messages from Joe i=on Facebook. > [@John\_Bredin](#): > > Assumes facts not in evidence. I’m not on Facebook or TikTok\*, but I am on Instagram and Threads, and joebiden is on both, posting frequent zingers about Trump posts. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/618 "2024-02-07T20:30:42Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I have seen dozens of messages from Joe i=on Facebook. I haven’t seen any. To be fair, I haven’t seen any directly from Trump or the Trump campaign. But I do get a lot of posts from various media outlets about the election, and almost all of them are about Trump. The only time I’ve seen posts where Biden is mentioned is when it’s an article about he’s behind in the polls. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/619 "2024-02-07T20:41:52Z")
Just looking at my Facebook feed, the ninth item down is a message from Joe Biden. Now granted, Facebook’s feed algorithm is very mysterious and different people see very different things. But I assure you, he’s there. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/620 "2024-02-07T20:56:33Z")
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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/621 "2024-02-08T00:06:43Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > I’ve brought up FDR and his fireside chats in another post, and I think this is something Biden needs to bring back. He needs to talk to the American people directly. Excellent – seriously. (But, as others have noted, the 21st-century fragmentation of media makes this challenging. There will never be another Walter Cronkite, for example.) ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/622 "2024-02-08T00:25:34Z")
> [@](#): > > In the contest for the Democratic nomination nationally, Bernie Sanders (31%) leads his closest competitor Michael Bloomberg (19%) by 12 points among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents including those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate. Joe Biden (15%) and Elizabeth Warren (12%) follow. No other candidate receives double-digit support. When a similar question was reported in December, Biden received 24%, Sanders had 22%, and Warren had 17%. 13% supported Buttigieg, and Bloomberg’s support (4%) was in single digits. [Home of the Marist Poll | Polls, Analysis, Learning, and More](https://maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/npr-pbs-newshour-marist-poll-results-analysis-election-2020/) Anyone too concerned about the current polls needs to look back at where we were four years ago this month. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/623 "2024-02-08T00:35:47Z")
Why did he bale on the Super Bowl interview? he did one last year, didn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/624 "2024-02-08T00:40:35Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > Why did he bale on the Super Bowl interview? So now I’m picturing him doing it in a growly Batman voice. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/625 "2024-02-08T00:45:09Z")
I’m picturing him making hay bales. (bail) ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/626 "2024-02-08T00:46:52Z")
Wrong “bail”. Got it. … why is he skipping it though? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/627 "2024-02-08T01:04:49Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > he did one last year, didn’t he? He did not. > **[Biden is skipping a Super Bowl interview. His advisers say it's part of the...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna137358)** > > Aides say that voters are fatigued by politics and that the president will do interviews when the timing is right. > For the second year in a row, President Joe Biden is passing on the opportunity to sit down for a Super Bowl interview that could reach millions of Americans on Sunday — a move his advisers say is part of their larger communication strategy. > > Biden’s aides believe many voters — already exhausted from a bruising political season — simply want to tune into the game. And that seeing the president pop up while waiting for kickoff might turn them off. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/628 "2024-02-08T01:07:30Z")
Ok. I thought he did, I must be mistaken. Wouldn’t it still be a good idea? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/629 "2024-02-08T01:10:52Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > Wouldn’t it still be a good idea? I thought when Obama used to do it, it made him look really human and relatable. Then again, Obama had a kind of cool charisma neither Trump nor Biden have. You’d think Biden would benefit from such a thing. He has long had a “good ol’ Uncle Joe” reputation that served him his whole career and helped him work bipartisan deals as a senator. I’d hope that would be a benefit here too. But his advisers think otherwise. I’m not a professional PR person in politics so I’m not going to second guess folks who are. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/630 "2024-02-08T01:13:47Z")
That’s fair. I know that I can’t see behind the scenes, it just looks kind of weird to me. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/631 "2024-02-08T02:55:29Z")
Better, I think, to issue a statement like, “I know folks just want to kick back and watch football. It’s not the time to talk politics, it’s time to relax and enjoy the game, so that’s what we’re gonna do.” Short enough not to be intrusive, plays to his Uncle Joe persona, and still rides the Super Bowl attention. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384.md?page=32)