• TheMauveAvenger@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The fact that we’re talking about either of these guys as viable candidates, and that they will likely be the nominations, is wild. Biden would be 86 and Trump would be 82 if they make it to the end of the term.

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      1 year ago

      It’s wild that people act shocked that the Democratic party is backing an incumbent president tbh

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          Who’s we? As Dem who watched him destroy Trump in the debates and election plus the amount of progressive leaning bills that have been passed on super thin majorities make hmm the perfect person to do it again

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            And Democratic people that wants more progressive policies do and are able to do it via downballot. It’ll take time when demographics shift to liberal-majority which is really arguably center-ish at best. At the moment, we have 1/3 liberal, 1/3 moderate, and 1/3 conservative.

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          I know, but it would be a really bad choice for an incumbent president not to run given that they pretty much always have an advantage

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      I personally feel like the great American experiment has failed if these two fucktards are our choices.

    • mace@lemmy.world
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      if you can’t grasp by now the myriad ways this cycle would be different from 2016 for trump, i don’t think there’s any way to get through to you on the matter. you’ll just have to sit back and watch.

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        I hope you are right. I just think there is a strong base, a lot of people who don’t like Biden and there are (way too) many republican politicians willing to dance to his tune.

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    1 year ago

    As it stands, political scientists expect Donald Trump to win the Republican nomination for president. Most GOP candidates are in lockstep with Trumpist policies and culture wars, failing to differentiate in an already scattered field; despite the appearance of a united front, factions within the party cannot agree on when and how to pass hardline legislation. Traditional conservative forces are looking for a less volatile alternative with a more viable path to win the general election, and as that concern mounts, some experts say Biden could be narrowly re-elected if the race is a rematch of 2020.

    • miraclerandy@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Looking for less volatile candidate… maybe they should’ve done that in 2015. You guys created this mess. Now we all have to clean up after you.

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        Democrats cleaning up Republican messes seems to be standard operating procedure.

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      So they’re looking for a less volatile culture warrior? I’m pretty sure that’s not a thing.

  • CodingCarpenter@lemmy.world
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    I feel like when Trump was first running everybody considered him a joke candidate outside the redneck community. And yet look where we ended up. I don’t think it’s safe to assume any democratic nominee is in any sort of lead or decent position until the polls been called. People get too relaxed they Don’t bother voting because they see a foregone conclusion and that is a dangerous thing