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Biden at peace if he loses to Trump: "As long as I gave it my all" (www.axios.com)

submitted 2 months ago by UngodlyAudrey@beehaw.org to c/politics@beehaw.org

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Seriously, Joe, do you not know the stakes? "Sure, America fell to fascism, but I tried my best." For fucks sake, Trump has straight up said he was going to be a dictator, and the Supreme Court will back him all the way. It's unbelievable that all that stands between us and the fall of the republic is a man in his 80s who isn't fully cognizant of the situation.

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[–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

GTFOH with this bullshit.

It's really a shame that the President makes every single decision on his own and handles absolutely everything by himself. It would be a better system if we had some sort of "cabinet" of advisiors all focused on different areas of running the country. It would be more like an "administration" instead of just what we have, which is one single guy who does everything and look, Biden is too old to do all that. If only there was some other way that he could have some assistance....

[–] Areldyb@beehaw.org 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is an argument for why Biden is able to lead. Speaking for myself, I'm not so worried that Biden is unable to lead. He's old and obviously slowing down, but he's got decades of experience and, as you say, a whole administration's worth of expertise.

I'm worried that he is unable to win.

[–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

At this point, no one else can. Straight up. To think otherwise is fucking delusional and demonstrates a lack of knowledge of us politics and it's populace.

[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Polling - released by Biden's campaign to try to prove his electability - shows other Democratic candidates right now performing just as well or slightly better than Biden with voters, and none of them have been running a campaign for the last year. In other words, without even trying and without the same level of name recognition, they are on par with Biden, and none of them have the baggage he does.

[–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 0 points 2 months ago

In the voting booth, incumbents ALWAYS have a MASSIVE advantage.

Polling is incredibly unreliable. That is people that pick up the phone and talk to pollsters. Do you know anyone under 60 who does that? Additionally, a lot of those calls are on landlines. How many people do you know who have landlines? How many of those are under 60?

The polls are heavily skewed towards boomers. This is the last election where boomers will be relevant. Millennials and Gen Z matter more in this election than ever before.

Replacing an incumbent 3-4 months before an election is the stupidest fucking idea since trickle down economics.