• confusedbytheBasics@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Why do you say that? Every dem and “independent” I talk to tell me they don’t want Biden or Harris but they’d be eager to vote for anyone under 60 who is even remotely progressive.

      If Biden did a press conference with Newson tomorrow announcing he’s passing his campaign to a new generation they would be totally psyched.

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        4 months ago

        I don’t care about arbitrary numbers for age, but Biden just looks lost. It’s about cognitive decline. I’ll vote him anyway, but a lot of normies think he’s “too old” and that means he might not win against someone that should be very beatable (donnie).

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        4 months ago

        Every non-maga I talk to is happy to vote for him. This idea that no one wants Biden is something I’m only hearing on lemmy. And the timing is pretty sus

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          4 months ago

          It’s possible your experience is very anecdotal. Everyone I talk to that is not magabrained says they’ll vote for him, if they must. That’s the key part: if they must. Most of them wish there was almost any other Democrat in there.

          The polls show that 2/3 of Democrats want him to bow out, but apparently Biden and team is more concerned with his ego. Again, if he stays in, I’m voting for him. But I think the Democrats will get absolutely crushed all up and down the ballot if he stays in.

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      4 months ago

      I’m just not buying that. I think Biden’s people and a lot of people walking on eggshells for him may have convinced themselves of that (maybe). But I bet that narrative flips the minute he steps down.

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        4 months ago

        I’m not buying that. Trying to change candidates this late in the game is such a bad idea that the only person that would suggest it is someone who wants Trump to win.

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          Given that every point of data shows Trump winning in a landside, and probably getting the house and Senate, if Biden stays in suggests that people advocating for Biden staying in want Trump to win.

          See what I did there?

          Fun fact, actual data supports one and only one of us.

          Are you a Russian bot that wants Trump to win?

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              4 months ago

              So… Let me get this right. Your only response is literally a named fallacy?

              What does your gut say the stock market will do next month, oh wonderful and correct Oracle?

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                  4 months ago

                  Your response was irrelevant. It’s not even data. It’s a literal named fallacy.

                  “Trump won once, so he will again” is literally the same statement.

                  Take a critical thinking class, cause you really don’t know how.

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                    4 months ago

                    Again, I’m pointing out that the predictions you’re using are inaccurate and changing candidates this late in the game would cause a clusterfuck so big it would be a guaranteed win for Trump.