Would any other candidate other than Biden won this year?

[Trumpocalypse]

Just curious about people's thoughts on that. Could Sanders or Warren or any of the others beaten Trump?

[Stallion]

1. Nope

[Squinch]

2. He was not my first choice, but no. No other candidate would have.

[Boogiemack]

3. No. nt

[redstateblues]

4. No way

[intrepidity]

5. Biden was our nominee because of PA

Thats how I remember it. We needed Joe to get PA.

[Amishman]

11. exactly, and I don't see anyone else getting PA or GA this time around

Joe was the answer, and we can thank ourselves for it for at least the next four years.

[Aristus]

6. I don't think so.

As much as I respect Sanders and Warren, they are too polarizing.

Thoroughly decent, upstanding, rock-solid Joe Biden is who we needed in 2020.

[BKDem]

20. Sadly, Sanders and Warren would have been unacceptable to millions of MAGAt-Americans.

This country is fucked up.

[Demsrule86]

39. I am saddened by this too. But consider, in red Florida, they passed a $15.00 minimum wage.

I think we have Sanders to thank for this. He put it out there. Yes Democrats had talked about it for years, but Sanders gave it a great deal of publicity. We have always won in the middle in regards to the presidency. But the progressive ideas are popular and will gain even more traction in the years to come. Look at the ACA, the idea that health care is a right came out of that legislation. And the GOP will not be able to kill it regardless of the courts because it is now a voting issue.

[TwilightZone]

7. Biden is the anti-Trump.

I think from a timing and temperament standpoint, Biden was the perfect candidate to pull this off.

[SheltieLover]

18. This!👆

With all the ratfuckery that has occurred, Joe is the answer.

[SharonClark]

27. Agree.

[Cha]

38. Yeah, we got Lucky to have him..

ever since that first Launch Video when he was talking about Restoring the Soul of America

That was April 25, 2019.. some were saying how late it was to start.. I was just appreciative that he did.

[Demsrule86]

40. Cha it is over! We have a president - elect Trump. You and me were in the trenches for almost a year

And Hubs got a job!!! He starts Monday.

[Cha]

43. Congratulations to your

husband.. how happy ya'll must be!

It's so Surreal.. I've been so anxious the last few days not to mention the last 4 years that I can't wrap my head around this yet.

I got to get to sleep too!

[Delarage]

8. We had a deep bench

With a lot of GREAT candidates, but it seems to me that Joe is uniquely suited for our current damaged situation. He's a calm, empathetic veteran who can take the edge off of people and some divisions.

[dware]

9. I think it's pretty clear at this point that no other candidate could have

beaten Pissolini.

[sfstaxprep]

10. I've Said Since Beginning That He Was Best Chance We Had nt

[dsp3000]

12. absolutely not - writing was on the wall very early about that too

each candidate had a great case but Biden especially during the general election campaign set the right tone. he was the only candidate who could turn out the black vote the way he did. He will be a great president too!!!!

[Green Line]

13. No

[femmedem]

14. Almost all of our candidates would have governed well but we needed Biden for the win. n/t

[greenjar_01]

15. Either Bernie or Warren would have led to a Dukakis-like result, if not Mondale

That's pretty clear.

Trump desperately wanted to face either of them, hence the Ukraine scheme to knock Biden out of the primary.

[AirmensMom]

16. No.

Biden is a known. We needed that.

[Gothmog]

17. No-sanders would have lost big time to trump

Trump would have beaten sanders very easily.

[Blasphemer]

19. Nope. Too many racists and too many who fear the "socialist" boogeyman... nt

[Klaralven]

21. Yes. Some of the others.

[underpants]

22. Marianne Williamson

She would have met Trump on that battlefield and LOVE would have won!

[catbyte]

23. ...

[AlexSFCA]

24. not a chance

how fortunate we are with Biden. There is precisely zero chance any other other candidate could win. We needed some gop voters to switch and they were only willing to vote for biden. Look at these razor thin margins. Remember, Biden has the most votes in the history of this country, BUT Trump has the second most votes, more than Obama in 2008.

[BlueStater]

25. Yes.

I believe pretty much all of them could have beaten this fuck.

I really don’t see what sort of advantage Biden had that the others didn’t. He wasn’t the most charismatic or the most interesting. He’s a decent guy, but virtually all the others were good people too. And some of them had more substance to their campaigns than Biden ever did with his.

What drove the vote out was the hatred people have for the putrid asshole in the White House. It wasn’t really Biden himself.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

28. As an older white man he was 'culturally inconvenient' for Trump to demonize.

[TwilightZone]

31. Nah.

I think he was more likely to win back MI/WI/PA than any of the others, especially PA. Not sure I see anyone else winning GA, either, with the possible exception of Stacy Abrams, who obviously wasn't a candidate.

[W_HAMILTON]

26. I don't think so.

Now, maybe it is a bit of the halo effect impacting my thinking right now, but I really do think Biden was the perfect candidate this year.

[kwolf68]

29. As someone in the Sanders/Warren wing

I believed Joe was a great choice and was proud as hell to have voted for him and my daughter cast her first vote ever in PENNSYLVANIA 3 days ago, for Joe. She is one of the many who have made this possible. She can now know that Democracy matters and her participation in it is important.

[fishwax]

30. Yes, I think so. But I'm content to know that Biden did :)

[judeling]

32. Yes I could make a case for several other candidates.

It depends on the pool you choose to use. But from the ones still contending by South Carolina the easiest case would be Klobuchar.

[marmar]

33. Beto.

[Meowmee]

34. Imo no

[Johnny2X2X]

35. No

Biden was the perfect Anti Trump candidate with the record to back up his image.

[Demsrule86]

36. No, as many here can tell you and I had a couple of hides when saying this too,

I believed even before Biden announced that he was the only one who could rebuild the blue wall and win in red/purple areas. I can't remember how many 270 to win maps, I presented to show this.

[mindfulNJ]

37. No

I was for Warren but I don’t have any allusions that she could have beaten Trump...especially seeing how it all shakes out. Biden was the perfect choice.

[Cha]

41. But Joe Biden won the primary for

a reason. Because we Dems wanted the best candidate to beat the Traitor.

Joe Biden had a strong coalition.. I've read the Black Folks in Detroit came out and helped us win Michigan.. same in Atlanta Georgia! Mayor Bottoms must be so proud! She endorse Joe Early ON!

and look where we are.. today!

[Rizen]

42. I supported Warren in the primary but...

Biden definitely had a much better chance of winning. I still believe liberal policies are the most effective although not popular enough at this time to win. It's good Biden got the nomination as this was not the landslide victory I expected. Republicans are horrible people for supporting that racist toddler.

[lark]

44. No, he uniquely fit these times and Americans responded to his character.

He was and is the right person at the right time.