Promises Joe Biden has made so far in his campaign for a second term
President Joe Biden’s main pitch to voters ahead of November is simple: They should vote for him because he is not Donald Trump.
In speeches and political events since his reelection campaign began in earnest earlier this year, Biden had said that his second term would essentially be a continuation of his first: “Let’s finish this job,” Biden said in a video announcing his reelection campaign last year.
In making his case to voters, Biden has contrasted his own ideas of governance with Trump’s stated plans to drastically alter how the federal government works, how executive power would be used and how America’s role on the world stage will change if the former president wins a second term.
Biden, meanwhile, has promised to protect American democracy, pass a federal law to codify the right to an abortion into law, preserve the country’s international alliances and agreements and deliver on climate benchmarks.
His ability to deliver on these promises even if he wins a second term, though, is not a certainty. Many of his more lofty ambitions would require congressional approval and action.
