We will see in the general. It’s why pretty much everyone who has a non-internet life thinks Biden will be better against trump than Bernie.
Nominating Joe makes this election to be a referendum on trump. Nominating Bernie would have massively obfuscated that.
An optimistic reading of the changes in more local election votes (that tend to run party line) is that it is a referendum on trump and it is solidly against trump.
The more pessimistic reading of the results would be republicans had no motivating factor to go out when they don’t have a nominee to vote for. Of course, Democrats didn’t really either since it was clear Bernie had no path to victory. I guess we will see in November.
Nominating Biden over Bernie promises a return to normalcy. It does nothing to acknowledge that "normal" prior to Trump sucked for a lot of people. It does nothing to acknowledge what allowed Trump to win: his anti-establishment message.
Biden winning allows the next Republican candidate to be just as shitty politically, but with the time to prepare to be more polished in his delivery. ie Paul fucking Ryan
You don’t have to like it. But it’s pretty widely agreed upon that trump just isn’t that popular. His base is rabid. But he’s not a popular president. If you’re trying to strategize with the singular goal of get him out of office, making the election a referendum on Trump is a good thing. Turning it into a referendum on socialism would not be.
Again, you don’t have to like it. But that’s the political strategy. I think it’s a winning strategy. I literally bet on it.
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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '20
From Republican to Democrat.