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[–] 40 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm nervous. Biden was a flawed candidate, but he already beat Trump once and had the incumbent advantage. Harris was a very unpopular candidate in 2020, and it's unknown if any other candidate will do better against Trump. But since Biden chose to do this, there's no doubt he made the right decision for him.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    As far as I can tell based on articles I've read, he really wanted to run, but the party was getting divided over calls for him to step down. He must have figured that the infighting would take away his incumbent advantage

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah, they figured the risk of losing was too great. If whoever gets the nomination loses, Biden probably would have as well.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Hard disagree, the only other candidates is Harris and people don't like her. There's every chance Biden would have been elected when she won't be.

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