Newenglanddeac
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Yeah, so? Buttigieg, Harris, O'Rourke, Klobuchar, Booker and Bullock are all pretty generic Dem as well in terms of being in that Dem mainstream mode, like Obama and the Clintons. But they aren't polling like Joe is. Surely, part of that is Joe is much better known. I'd like to hope it's not because he's the comfortable old white guy, whereas Buttigieg is gay, Klobuchar and Harris are female, and Harris and Booker are at least part black. And I'm not so sure his being the much better known quantity is going to wear off and erode his poll numbers over time, and that's because of Trump. Trump strongly appeals to 40ish% of the country, however independents and the few establishment Pubs remaining can't stand him. There could be a fairly strong preference developing where folks are saying give me the old, known and affable gaffe machine because we like or didn't mind Obama, and he has the best chance to beat the devil incarnate who currently resides in the White House. And his poll numbers could end up being self fulfilling where most folks say, "See, the polls keep saying he beats Trump, and doors # 1, 2 and 3 do not." If the polls remain similar over the next several months, the current best ticket is Biden/Harris.
I'm interested to hear what our resident more conservative posters who don't like Trump are thinking, like Deacman, NED and Shorty.
Yeah like Shorty, I will support whoever the Democrat nominee turns out to be. The Trump experiment needs to end.
It’s still really early so I’m sure my vote will evolve over the course of the primary but if the MA election was held today, I’d vote for Biden. He matches up against Trump very well both in terms of the electoral map and personality. A Biden/Harris ticket would be pretty incredible.
All that being said, I do worry that Trump and his inner circle of unpatriotic assholes will try to use Biden’s history to put a lot of stink on him...similar to what they did to Hillary. Rudy and Trump have already publicly stated that they are willing to work with another foreign government to uncover dirt on Biden. Trump also has the Attorney General at his disposal. It’s a sad state of affairs that we even need to worry about this in the United States but this is what happens when you elect a corrupt wannabe autocrat.