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Democrats worry their most loyal voters won’t turn out for Biden in 2024
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Because nobody wants Biden again. Nobody voted for Biden, they voted against Trump.
Democrats are more than likely going to lose because Biden decided to run for reelection. He had the perfect opportunity to make a symbolic transition of power from the old Washington to the new Washington if he would’ve endorsed a younger candidate to run for 2024 instead of himself. But nope.
It’s obvious the American people are desperate for a change. All Biden represents is the status quo of elderly Washington, which is the same way this country has been ran for 50 years. Clearly the people are tired of that.
They’re going to vote for whoever represents the most change, which Biden does not. So unless the GOP has an absolute turd casserole for their candidate, the GOP candidate has the best bet for winning.
They’re so fucking braindead and out of touch in DC it’s going to cost us our democracy.
While I didn't really want Biden in 2020, after his administration's record so far, I can honestly say I do want more of that. Not to say I wouldn't rather have someone much better and more left, but I'm pretty sure nobody better will be any more successful than Biden has been, given the Republican opposition in Congress.
What I really want is fewer Republicans in Congress, and short of moving to another district, there isn't much more I can do there. My district's congressmen are fantastic.
People are braindead if they don't vote Biden again. Sure we don't want him, but do we want Hitler 2.0 instead? Because Ron Desantis is a preview of that if a Republican wins. Biden will then be gone next time and we'll have a younger candidate. Sadly, voting takes time. Remember that it took decades of this shit for Republicans to steal the Supreme Court.
I agree with you, but the point is that we could have had a candidate people could get excited about, instead we have a candidate whose biggest selling point (as you yourself say) is "not Hitler 2.0"
Any real leftist movement is quashed by design as evidenced by the rampant fascism holding us hostage...IMHO.
I remember John Kerry ran as "Not Bush", and I felt like a large part of Hilary's campaign was "Not Trump". Running as an opposition candidate instead of a candidate in their own right, almost never works.
That "lesser of two evils" logic is what allowed this to happen. Next time it'll be some other boogeyman on one side and the other side will say "yeah, our guy sucks but you could have other guy if you don't vote for our guy"
They never get around to the important job of making sure their candidate isn't shit. The only thing to do is to actually let it burn down so someone useful can rise from the ashes.
Having one third of the population consistently not vote is what causes this to happen. The democratic voters vote at a much lower rate than do Republican boomers for example
I agree with the other user who said this a terrible take.
Biden is who the Democratic party selected overwhelmingly (to my chagrin) and there is nobody who can beat him in a primary (the person who theoretically could already lost before, and immediately endorsed Biden this time around).
It also makes no sense to take out the guy we know will beat Trump.
If Biden is reelected then he will be 86 years old at the end of the second mandate.
86 !
Bill Clinton, Georges W Bush and Barack Obama are still younger than him. Except than Clinton was elected 30 years ago.
Terrible take as this admin has lassoed the country and reigned things in. Sure, let's cut the rope.
Agree to disagree. I don’t think the administration has done bad, but like I said, the American people are ready for a change from the status quo. They’re so ready for change they voted for a con artist reality tv star because that’s what he promised them.
The country needs a significant change. This has been an issue for several administrations, not just the last two. Biden represents classic DC and the only voters he’s going to attract are those that like classic DC, like conservative Democrats, and those who are going to vote specifically against who ever the GOP nominee is.
I’m not optimistic. I believe independent voters will vote for a GOP candidate if they represent any sort of change from the Status Quo of DC. And to me, that’s DeSantis. Which is terrifying.
It may be a bad take, I could be completely wrong, but I truly don’t believe I am and I do not think Biden will win re-election.
I don't think DeSantis is charismatic or likable enough to beat Biden. His poll numbers go down as the public gets more exposure to him. He's starting to shift his messaging from anti-woke to (neo-fascist) populist rhetoric, which may change things. IDK, there's so many things that could happen between now and the election. I think Trump could beat DeSantis in the primary from prison. A major crisis like a recession would hand the election to the Reps. The Reps could intentionally cause a crisis, by forcing an extended government shutdown or something.
I couldn't agree more.
Democrats don't care if they win. They aren't a political party