Current Events > Yang & Bernie could have very easily defeated Trump. Biden cannot...

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Both Yang & Bernie took away republican votes while capturing 98% of the liberal votes. They also inspired young people to vote, as well as older people who have never bothered before. Biden doesn't steal away any republican votes. Biden doesn't inspire young people or non-voters to make it out to polls. Biden doesn't even get the women vote like Hillary did, or even the minority vote like Obama did.

This is a straight "Generic Liberal Politician" vs Trump.

Trump's supporters are fanatical. They will vote. A hurricane won't be able to keep them from voting. It's not the same for Biden...if a MCU film happens to release the same days as the polls, a good chunk of the Generation Z & Millenial liberals will just prioritize that instead.

I'm starting to believe it's all rigged. Liberals don't actually want change. They just want power. The one thing the "Right" and the "Left" have in common is that they are both privileged one percenters that look down on the poor. If the 1% is comprised of .5% liberals & .5% conservatives - then all the election does is determine which .5% gets a little bit richer.

America needs to change. I liked Yang's slogan: "Not Right. Not Left. Just Forward."

I think I now realize that neither party will allow the poor to prosper, or for american citizens to be given an equal chance in the pursuit of happyness. I think perhaps the 99% needs to rise up and riot against both sides...violently if needed to make this change. Prove me wrong?

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STEROLIZER posted...

Both Yang & Bernie took away republican votes while capturing 98% of the liberal votes. They also inspired young people to vote, as well as older people who have never bothered before.

literally none of this happened

I'd have preferred Yang or Sanders, but from what I recall Biden was leading the polls consistently.

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They couldn't win the primary, but they were the only ones who could beat Trump.

The guy who is currently polling way higher than Trump? No chance.
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I think you're vastly underestimating how many people are vehemently against socialism in this country

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PMarth2002 posted...

I'd have preferred Yang or Sanders, but from what I recall Biden was leading the polls consistently.

I don't think your average non tech-savvy conservative from middle american bothers in any poll other than the official vote. Meanwhile, I'm pretty certain most tech-savvy liberals drool at the chance to vote in a poll that really count for anything other than "cyber street cred."

I currently live in San Francisco - they love their polls.

I'm from Phoenix - they have no idea what a poll is.

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Phantom_Nook posted...

They couldn't win the primary, but they were the only ones who could beat Trump.

The guy who is currently polling way higher than Trump? No chance.

I believe many of the people who voted for Bernie & Yang WONT vote at all come the actual election. Meanwhile all the people who voted for Biden, would have voted for any liberal regardless of who it was. My theory, anyhow.

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I voted for Bernie in the primary, even donated monthly to his campaign. Although not my first pick, I would have been cool with Yang too.

Biden is a hard pass for me. I had been considering voting Green Party actually, and under normal circumstances I would have committed to it, but Trump's mishandling of the pandemic is pretty worrying to me, so I may end up voting for Biden just to make sure Trump doesn't get a second term.

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i do not understand anyone who thinks this

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Biden actually stands a much better chance than Bernie ever did

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Yang is cool. Kinda sucks he was on CNN as a consultant for a while.

FL81 posted...

Biden actually stands a much better chance than Bernie ever did

This, amazingly, despite his cognitive decline he is still probably the best candidate to take down Trump out of the Democratic field from this year. I don't like him and prefer someone like Richard Ojeda (Bernie with actual balls) but it's true. Many independents didn't care for Bernie's leftism, which he turned the dial up on heavily compared to his 2016 campaign.

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