givesomefucks@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoBiden’s debate performance spurs Democratic panic about his ability to lead party against Trumpapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down123
arrow-up163arrow-down1external-linkBiden’s debate performance spurs Democratic panic about his ability to lead party against Trumpapnews.comgivesomefucks@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down4·edit-22 months ago We’re only stuck with Biden because Biden and the people he put in charge of the DNC would rather risk trump than Biden step aside. We’re stuck with Biden precisely because the DNC doesn’t want to risk Trump, and the incumbent advantage is significant.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down9·edit-22 months ago and the incumbent advantage is significant. An incumbent advantage helps but isn’t an automatic win. Biden’s poll numbers are abysmal for Dem voters. The incumbent advantage likely won’t overcome his unpopularity. And when the most common reason his supporters give us just “he’s not trump” then literally any Dem candidate has that too.
We’re stuck with Biden precisely because the DNC doesn’t want to risk Trump, and the incumbent advantage is significant.
An incumbent advantage helps but isn’t an automatic win.
Biden’s poll numbers are abysmal for Dem voters. The incumbent advantage likely won’t overcome his unpopularity.
And when the most common reason his supporters give us just “he’s not trump” then literally any Dem candidate has that too.