• jonne
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    4 months ago

    Especially since Biden has been polling below ‘generic Democrat’ in pretty much every poll.

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      4 months ago

      A generic candidate will always poll higher because they have no specific flaws and every type of voter can project their own ideal platform onto them.

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      4 months ago

      For either party, they could run an empty suit and easily win this election. Anyone else could beat trump, and anyone else could beat Biden. It’s like we’re running the literal lowest common denominators.

      And the only rational anyone can give for “why” is that it’s too late, which is so obviously not true but they just keep repeating it and eventually it will be