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75 percent of voters think Democrats have a better shot without Biden: poll (www.thehill.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17152685

The CNN poll also asked voters about potential replacements for Biden. Harris fared the best, trailing Trump by only two points, 47 percent to 45 percent, within the margin of error.

Several other prominent Democrats outperformed Biden in polling, including Govs. Gavin Newsom (Calif.) and Gretchen Whitmer (Mich.), as well as Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

The Biden campaign has quickly shut down any notion that the president would leave the 2024 race.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'll defend it. In a choice between a lunatic narcissist surrounded by sycophants and a potato surrounded by semi-competent advisors, I'll have the mashed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The choice doesn't have to be between the narcissist and the potato.

In about 6 weeks, the Democratic National Convention will be held in Chicago. With a democratic incumbent, that's a boring little party that the entire nation ignores. But, if Biden drops out of the race in about 5 weeks, that convention turns into a media circus, and the entire base has a fresh new candidate winning the news cycles.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

But that's what we're left with. I'll vote for whoever is on the ticket, but there's literally 0.01% chance someone else gets the nomination.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's not a defense, it's an excuse. You're picking the potato because the alternative is much worse. That's not a resounding endorsement of potatoes, it's an acknowledgement of reality.

Wouldn't we be better off if he decides to have his next mashed potato serving on his own terms, and let Kamala take over? She seems to be the type of woman who forced her step-kids to eat their veggies, just what this country needs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

This country isn't gonna elect a black woman president, yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That's what they said in 2008, too. (Well, the black part at least.) Give the country some more credit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The stars aren't aligned in the way they were in '08. And the black part is less of a hurdle than the woman part, honestly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm just defending my decision to vote for Biden, not defending Biden himself. Get therapy.