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Holy voting choices!
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People were saying the same shit about Biden during the primaries, they were saying the same shit during the primaries of the last election. It doesn't matter. the Dem leadership rig it to run whoever they want to run.
Didn't Bernie run in the last primary?
For some reason, people are convinced that Bernie would have won if it wasn't for the DNC putting a gun to the head of millions of Democratic voters and making them vote for Joe Biden instead.
I'm a Bernie voter. Biden was like, third to last pick for me, not exactly rooting for him. If people my age spent as much time and effort actually fucking voting like the suburban fucking soccer moms that shored up Biden's support during the primary, we COULD have had Bernie.
2020 yes, 2024 no. Biden had small time candidates against him in the primaries (Dean Phillips, Marianne Williamson, RFK).
The consensus in the DNC was for no major candidates to challenge him as it may shake his standing. It's tradition to not primary against an incumbent.
Ah yes, I had it in my head that they didn't primary at all, as opposed to it being traditionally non-competitive. Thanks for the correction
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