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While U.S. President Joe Biden is under pressure from some in the Democratic Party to resign from the presidential candidacy due to his 'failure' in the TV debate, the amount of campaign funds raised in the second quarter, which is the 'campaign ammunition', was also found to be behind former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate.
Trump's presidential campaign announced on the 2nd (local time) that it raised $331 million (about 459.2 billion won) in the second quarter.
Prior to this, the Biden presidential campaign announced on this day that it received $264 million (approximately 366.1 billion won) in donations in the second quarter.
The Trump campaign said it raised more campaign funds than President Biden each month in April and May, and received an additional $111.8 million in donations in June.
In particular, donations to former President Trump skyrocketed after former President Trump was found guilty in a sexual harassment hush money trial at the end of May.
However, the Biden camp raised $127 million in June, when the first TV debate took place, exceeding the campaign funds raised by former President Trump in the same month.
President Biden held a campaign fundraising event in Hollywood in the middle of last month, attended by top stars, and raised a huge amount of campaign funds.
The Biden camp also emphasized that it received $38 million in donations over four days, including the 27th of last month, when the TV debate took place.
The Trump camp emphasized that it held $284.9 million in cash as of the end of last month, surpassing President Biden's ($240 million).
The Trump campaign claimed in a press release, "President Biden has spent nearly $120 million on TV, cable, and radio (advertising) alone, but opinion polls and voter enthusiasm for former President Trump continue to grow."
Meanwhile, after the first TV debate of the U.S. presidential election, amid calls for candidate replacement both inside and outside the Democratic Party, President Joe Biden was found to be less competitive than Vice President Kamala Harris in the bilateral confrontation with former President Donald Trump.
In another survey, it was calculated that former President Barack Obama's wife, Michelle Obama, surpassed former President Trump despite 'keeping her distance from the presidential election'.
According to the results of a poll conducted by CNN on the 2nd and announced on the 2nd by commissioning public opinion polling agency SSRS to survey 1,274 voters on the 28th and 30th of last month (local time) after the first debate between President Biden and former President Trump. When President Eden and former President Trump faced off, the two candidates recorded approval ratings of 43% and 49%, respectively.
On the other hand, in a hypothetical confrontation between Vice President Harris and former President Trump, former President Trump had an approval rating of 47% and Vice President Harris had an approval rating of 45%, which was a close race within the margin of error (±3.5%).
Vice President Harris was particularly strong among women and independents.
When President Biden faced off against former President Trump, only 44% of female respondents supported President Biden, while 50% of female respondents confirmed their support for Vice President Harris, and among independents, only 34% supported President Biden. However, 43% were favorable to Vice President Harris.
In a hypothetical confrontation between California Governor Gavin Newsom, who is mentioned as another alternative to President Biden, and former President Trump, the approval ratings are 43% and 48%, and in a hypothetical confrontation between Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and former President Trump, the approval ratings are 43% and 47%, respectively. It was calculated as
The hypothetical matchup between Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, who is mentioned as another 'sleeping dragon' of the Democratic Party, and former President Trump was 42% to 47%.
In a survey of 1,070 registered voters conducted by Reuters and Ipsos, President Biden and former President Trump recorded tied support at 40% each.
In a virtual match between Vice President Harris and former President Trump, Vice President Harris had 42% and former President Trump had 43%, showing a gap of 1 percentage point, within the margin of error (±3.5%).
If former President Trump were to face off against former President Barack Obama's wife Michelle Obama, who has been consistently raised as an alternative candidate for the Democratic Party in some quarters, it was found that Mrs. Obama would dominate former President Trump (39%) with an approval rating of 50%.
Even after leaving the White House, Mrs. Obama continues to communicate with Americans through writing books and confirms unwavering public support.
However, he has made it clear several times that he has no intention of participating in politics.
Since the first debate, in which President Biden's 'old age risk' was fully exposed, President Biden's team, including his staff, has paid close attention to the results of public opinion polls and has focused on putting down the crisis theory, saying that the media is only increasing the crisis theory.
It is said that Mrs. Jill Biden and her family, including her son Hunter Biden, also strongly persuaded President Biden to complete the presidential election.
However, public opinion polls released one after another, including by CNN, clearly reveal President Biden's 'debate aftereffects'.
In a CNN survey, 56% of respondents favoring the Democratic Party and the Democratic Party expressed the opinion that the Democratic Party would have a better chance of winning the presidential election if it ran a candidate other than President Biden.
Only 43% of respondents said that nominating President Biden would have a higher chance of winning.
In a survey last January, more than half of the respondents (53%) said that nominating President Biden would increase competitiveness.
CNN reported that President Biden's approval rating was 36%, the lowest according to its own survey.
The response that they did not strongly support President Biden was also an all-time high at 45%.
The favorability rating for President Biden was also only 34%. The percentage of people who had an unfavorable opinion toward him reached 58%.
A Reuters survey also found that 32% of Democratic Party supporters said President Biden should withdraw from the candidacy.
59% of respondents said President Biden is too old to hold public office.
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He said in the report, "If current U.S. President Joe Biden pushes ahead with his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination, the probability of Republican candidate Donald Trump winning increases, which could be a positive sign for Bitcoin. Conversely, if Biden gives up his candidacy at the end of July, “If he is replaced by an influential candidate like Michelle Obama, the price of BTC may weaken,” he predicted.
He advised, “If Biden pushes ahead with the primary, there will be a fantastic opportunity to buy BTC. August 4th (local time) is the deadline for registering candidates for the U.S. presidential election. We must pay attention to Biden’s actions until that day.” did.
