Joe Biden and the Incumbent Advantage

Eric Medlin
4 min readJul 13, 2022

The Democratic Party may not have a chance without him.

Harry Truman in 1952 declining to seek another term in office. Source: Politico

The American pundit class has spent this week returning to one of its favorite topics: the debate over who Democrats should nominate for president in 2024. The question has all the trappings of a summer news topic. It is relatively light, avoiding major stakes and the need for an imminent decision. The story involves the president of the…

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Eric Medlin

I’m a writer interested in the intersections of history, ideas, and politics. I publish every week. www.twitter.com/medlinwrites