Well, that's because Republicans are doing their duty and intentionally not getting treated for COVID in order to make Biden look bad. I'm of the position that Biden isn't nearly that bad to warrant that behavior. Now, if Bernie was President, I would take drastic measures. I would transfer all my wealth outside of the country, I'd quit my job, and ensure my family lived on the streets. I'm dedicated to my cause and would do my part to make Sanders look bad.



What is politics if not perception? I mean, part of Trump's coalition in 2016 was due to his perception of being a "moderate." I 100% agree that Biden won't be able to make the same pitch in 2024. The election will be very different and the playbook will HAVE to be different. Failure to adapt will result in him getting kicked out of the WH.

people like buttigeg, trudeaux, newsom, harris, and fauci are the ones who keep getting covid. they aren’t republicans!

why is it the lefties that are always diseased?

The perception of Trump being more "moderate" than previous GOP candidates, particularly on fiscal and foreign policy issues, contributed to his relative strength in more urban New England midwestern states, like NH or MN which were unusually close in 2016. He lost most of these voters in 2020. It also contributed to white working-class voters in more rural midwestern states breaking away from Democrats and going with Trump - and those were pivotal in 2016. But here's the thing: these Obama-Trump voters in the swing states mostly stuck with Trump in 2020, in spite of him governing like a rather conventional Republican when it comes to policy; in spite of him arguably accomplishing more for the religious right than the populist right although the latter are his core base.

What did him in in 2020 was that his erosion in educated and/or upscale suburbs continued, the kinds of places that liked Romney 8 years before, and that Biden was able to reverse Hillary's complete collapse with the white working-class somewhat - but that's mostly a function of Hillary having been a radioactive candidate to these voters. Dito for Trump improving with latinos in places like Miami-Dade or LA county - these improvements only looked so seismic because his 2016 baseline in these places was so abysmal to begin with.



The interesting thing is that Trump's moderation being disproven during his presidency did not cost him with the decisive consituencies. I expect the same pattern with Biden in 2024: he will not completely lose the upscale suburbs that he conquered for his party in 2020, but the erosion that he experienced among all non-white groups, particularly with latinos, will persist.

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I didn't think it was possible to do worse than Obama during a recession recovery.. but here we are!!

Former member, as in no longer a member, He first entered the political arena by organizing and leading a local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1940s, an action he later described as "the greatest mistake I ever made."
He had quit the clan before he ran in 1947, then had a 51 year career..
Not that any of you ACTUALLY care about racism.

In the 70s, Biden publicly spoke out against specific efforts at desegregation by saying that he doesn't want his children to grow up in a racial jungle.
But then again, that was during the 70s when there was still plenty of residual racism in the Democratic party and Biden was trying - just like he's still trying today - to position himself in the middle of his party.

True, and kamala is a monster too, but good people never go far in politics.

hunter biden is a gift that keeps on giving

Byrd filibustered the legislation that would become the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Sat there yammering for 14 hours straight trying to kill the bill. Almost 20 years after “leaving the kkk”

https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/filibusters-cloture/civil-rights-filibuster-ended.htm

Byrd and biden were/are lifelong segregationists