Explainer: Why Democrats Are Urging Biden To Step Out Of Presidential Race
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Despite the mounting pressure, Joe Biden remains defiant, insisting he will stay in the race.
Fifty-six years ago, a US President appeared on television and announced, to the nation's shock, that he'd not seek re-election. His name was Lyndon B. Johnson, the most recent US President to not run for his second elected term. The reasons were many and varied.
In November 1963, Johnson, the then US Vice-President, ascended to the top job following the assassination of then-President John F. Kennedy. A year later, he registered a landslide victory for Democrats in Presidential polls.
However, that changed after he presided over the deeply unpopular Vietnam War. Even though he was elected as the Democratic nominee in 1968, his health, plunging approval ratings and the way he handled the war -- all went against him. Johnson decided it was time for him to make way for someone else.
