ANALYSIS — While the presidential race is careening toward a rematch, 2024 won’t necessarily be a replay of 2020.
The race looks familiar with President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump topping the ballot, but both men are bringing more baggage to the contest, creating a level of volatility that doesn’t often accompany rematches.
The familiar is apparently fueling optimism from the incumbent. “I’m the only one who has ever beat him. And I’ll beat him again,” Biden told The New Yorker recently about facing Trump again. But Biden is in a fundamentally weaker position this time around.
