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“Biden is putting himself in a position where he has alienated not just young people, but a lot of the Democratic base.”…

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

Generic candidates always win. They have no flaws. No hang ups. No annoying habits. No awkward gafs. No history, no voting records. You can't even call him generic candidates. Because who people are voting for in that poll are more accurately they're idealized candidate. And by that I mean each individual person's idealized candidate. So of course they always win. When they put a name down the numbers change.