• @samus12345
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    405 months ago

    I’m nervous. Biden was a flawed candidate, but he already beat Trump once and had the incumbent advantage. Harris was a very unpopular candidate in 2020, and it’s unknown if any other candidate will do better against Trump. But since Biden chose to do this, there’s no doubt he made the right decision for him.

    • @[email protected]
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      305 months ago

      As far as I can tell based on articles I’ve read, he really wanted to run, but the party was getting divided over calls for him to step down. He must have figured that the infighting would take away his incumbent advantage

      • @HiddenLife
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        195 months ago

        They were losing donors. Unfortunately, without money, forget it.

      • @samus12345
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        25 months ago

        Yeah, they figured the risk of losing was too great. If whoever gets the nomination loses, Biden probably would have as well.

        • @Empyreus
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          15 months ago

          Hard disagree, the only other candidates is Harris and people don’t like her. There’s every chance Biden would have been elected when she won’t be.

          • @samus12345
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            15 months ago

            Possibly, but the fact that he was actually willing to step down means he doesn’t have it in him to keep this up for 4 more years. Let’s hope America repeats 2020 instead of 2016.

      • @samus12345
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        55 months ago

        Yes, but not an incumbent president.

        • @TokenBoomer
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          35 months ago

          Trump was an incumbent. He lost. People want change.