Will Biden v Trump sequel be America’s most boring election?

With Joe Biden and Donald Trump clinching their respective parties’ nominations, the stage is set for the upcoming US elections for this is the first time in 70 years that the polls will see a presidential election rematch.

Biden needed 1,968 delegates to win the nomination, and he passed that number on Tuesday night as results began to come in from the primary contest in Georgia, Edison Research said. Results were also coming in from Mississippi, Washington State, the Northern Mariana Islands and Democrats living abroad.

Hours later, Trump clinched the 1,215 delegates required to secure the Republican presidential nomination as four states held contests, including Georgia, the battleground where Trump faces criminal charges for his efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 results.

The last time two presidents were up for a rematch was in 1956 when Republican President Dwight Eisenhower was up against Illinois Democratic Governor Adlai Stevenson.

Few want to see Biden and Trump fight again

It’s Biden vs Trump again, as it was in 2020. The pandemic-era election was historic in many ways, with voter turnout increasing by six percentage points as compared to 2016.

However, this year is different with many voters unenthusiastic over a rematch between Biden and Trump.

A Reuters/Ipsos public poll found both Biden and Trump are unpopular with the majority of voters.

Trump and the 91 felony counts across four separate indictments he faces and Biden with his old age that casts a shadow over his ability to lead a nation, both the presidential nominees are not the ones Americans want to see as their next president.

The Republican is scheduled to become the first former American president to go on trial in a criminal case on March 25 in New York, where he faces charges he falsified business records to hide hush money payments to a porn star.

Meanwhile, Biden’s weak spot also lies in his inability to tackle the ongoing crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, where an influx of migrants has overwhelmed the system.