The DNC and the American people are once again to blame for the rise of fascism in their own country. They knew Biden was too old to run again, they knew he's senile, they didn't try and find another candidate, didn't rally behind one, didn't bother to vote for anybody younger.

[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Post-debate poll showed that majority of Democrat voters aren't even voting for Biden. They are voting for "against Trump." Democrats had four years to find a candidate that people would actually want to vote for, but instead they pulled out the 2020 playbook thinking it would work the same.

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

It's Her Turn guys Pokemon Go to the polls

[–] CyberMonkey404@lemmy.ml 44 points 1 year ago (3 children)

DNC putting out senile candidate without primaries

must be the people's fault!

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's a history here. Back with Jimmy Carter, he had a primary challenge from Ted Kennedy. Carter won, but only by 51% to 37%. He was already having trouble of course, but it was just one more thing that hurt him and got Reagan in power. We all know how that went. So now the general practice is to clear the field for the incumbent if they choose to run for reelection. Biden hasn't been given any special out.

Trump is of course an odd case since he's not an incumbent, but his grip on the Republican Party gives him a position near to that of an incumbent. He was always by far and away the frontrunner, and every other Republican candidate was for the chattering class.

[–] Carrolade@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Remember the write-in uncommitted thing? Those were primaries.