With Crucial Elections Looming, Biden Breaks Tradition of Big Campaign Rallies

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,
together with Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm,
at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022.
(Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)

WASHINGTON — There is nothing quite like having a president at a big, boisterous campaign rally. And Democrats in four cities — Atlanta, Detroit, Milwaukee and Las Vegas — will get that chance this month, in the final days of voting that will decide who controls Congress, governors’ offices and statehouses.

But it won’t be President Joe Biden. It will be former President Barack Obama.

Biden has not held a campaign rally since before Labor Day, even as the future of his agenda and his own political career are at stake in the midterm elections. His low profile on the campaign trail reflects his low approval rating, and White House officials say the president has made a point of delivering speeches on the party’s accomplishments, rather than taking part in rallies sponsored by political campaigns.

Full story at Yahoo News.

By Michael D. Shear, Katie Glueck and Lisa Lerer.