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U.S. President Biden is planning to support the midterm elections in earnest with the inflation reduction law that took effect last week.
However, the Democratic candidates who are actually running for the election are waving their hands not to come to the campaign for support.
Correspondent Yunsoo Kim of Washington reported why this is so.
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On the 17th, after signing the Inflation Reduction Act, US President Biden announced plans to launch a large-scale midterm election campaign starting next month.
This is because it includes the largest-ever climate change response budget and drug price cuts, a long-cherished wish of the Democratic Party supporters.
[Biden/President of the United States (last 17th): The law I am signing now is not just for the present.
It's for the future.
It is to bring prosperity and development to American families.]
But the Democratic candidates are waving their hands saying they don't need support.
When the Washington Post surveyed more than 60 Democratic candidates for both House and Senate in major constituencies, most responded that "they did not ask the president and vice president to participate in the campaign," or rather "actively avoid it."
Some candidates even openly criticized President Biden in their campaign advertisements.
[Rep. Jared Golden/Democrat (election ad): I am the only Democrat to vote against President Biden's multi-trillion dollar bill.
Because he knew that Biden's laws would only make inflation worse.]
In the US midterm elections since 1934, the first incumbent president to lead the House of Representatives to victory was the only situation during the 2002 Bush era.
It is evaluated that President Biden's position in the election campaign is getting narrower as the low approval rating, which has stagnated in the low 40%, and the inflation situation overlap.
(Video coverage: Eunha Park, Video editing: Yang Won)