https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/jun/27/presidential-debate-trump-biden-updates
Possible contenders to replace Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee have doubled down on supporting him after a night in which there have been calls for the president to step aside from the 2024 election after a disappointing performance in the first TV debate of the campaign.
Biden’s voice at times sounded raspy, and at times he did not make sense, blurting out “We finally beat Medicare” at one point. Trump regularly answered straightforward questions – about the economy, or abortion, or the opioid crisis – with non sequiturs, but after the debate it was Democratic commentators who seemed most concerned about the potential impact on voters.
There is no easy process in place to replace Joe Biden at this late stage of the process, with him having triumphed mostly unopposed during the primaries and all set to be confirmed as the nominee at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August.
The only significant change would be if he were to voluntarily step aside, or even step down from the presidency.
Possible alternative names being touted include vice-president Kamala Harris, and California governor Gavin Newsom. Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer, Illinois governor J B Pritzker and veteran Ohio senator Sherrod Brown have also been mooted.
由于总统在竞选活动的第一次电视辩论中表现令人失望，有人呼吁总统退出 2024 年大选，可能取代乔·拜登成为民主党总统候选人的竞争者表示支持他。
拜登的声音有时听起来很刺耳，有时说的话也毫无意义，有一次脱口而出“我们终于击败了医疗保险”。特朗普经常用无推论来回答直截了当的问题——关于经济、堕胎或阿片类药物危机，但辩论结束后，民主党评论员似乎最担心对选民的潜在影响。
在选举过程的这个后期阶段，没有简单的程序来取代乔·拜登，他在初选期间几乎没有对手的情况下获胜，并将于 8 月在芝加哥举行的民主党全国代表大会上被确认为候选人。
唯一重大的变化是他自愿下台，甚至辞去总统职务。
被吹捧的可能替代人选包括副总统卡马拉·哈里斯和加州州长加文·纽森。密歇根州州长格雷琴·惠特默、伊利诺伊州州长 J B 普利兹克和资深俄亥俄州参议员谢罗德·布朗也被提到。
