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Trumpocalypse

(6,143 posts) Fri Nov 6, 2020, 09:38 AM Nov 2020

Would any other candidate other than Biden won this year? [View all]

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

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Would any other candidate other than Biden won this year? [View all] Trumpocalypse Nov 2020 OP

Nope Stallion Nov 2020 #1

He was not my first choice, but no. No other candidate would have. Squinch Nov 2020 #2

No. nt Boogiemack Nov 2020 #3

No way redstateblues Nov 2020 #4

Biden was our nominee because of PA intrepidity Nov 2020 #5

exactly, and I don't see anyone else getting PA or GA this time around Amishman Nov 2020 #11

I don't think so. Aristus Nov 2020 #6

Sadly, Sanders and Warren would have been unacceptable to millions of MAGAt-Americans. BKDem Nov 2020 #20

I am saddened by this too. But consider, in red Florida, they passed a $15.00 minimum wage. Demsrule86 Nov 2020 #39

Biden is the anti-Trump. TwilightZone Nov 2020 #7

This!👆 SheltieLover Nov 2020 #18

Agree. SharonClark Nov 2020 #27

Yeah, we got Lucky to have him.. Cha Nov 2020 #38

Cha it is over! We have a president - elect Trump. You and me were in the trenches for almost a year Demsrule86 Nov 2020 #40

Congratulations to your Cha Nov 2020 #43

We had a deep bench Delarage Nov 2020 #8

I think it's pretty clear at this point that no other candidate could have dware Nov 2020 #9

I've Said Since Beginning That He Was Best Chance We Had nt sfstaxprep Nov 2020 #10

absolutely not - writing was on the wall very early about that too dsp3000 Nov 2020 #12

No Green Line Nov 2020 #13

Almost all of our candidates would have governed well but we needed Biden for the win. n/t femmedem Nov 2020 #14

Either Bernie or Warren would have led to a Dukakis-like result, if not Mondale greenjar_01 Nov 2020 #15

No. AirmensMom Nov 2020 #16

No-sanders would have lost big time to trump Gothmog Nov 2020 #17

Nope. Too many racists and too many who fear the "socialist" boogeyman... nt Blasphemer Nov 2020 #19

Yes. Some of the others. Klaralven Nov 2020 #21

Marianne Williamson underpants Nov 2020 #22

... catbyte Nov 2020 #23

not a chance AlexSFCA Nov 2020 #24

Yes. BlueStater Nov 2020 #25

As an older white man he was 'culturally inconvenient' for Trump to demonize. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2020 #28

Nah. TwilightZone Nov 2020 #31

I don't think so. W_HAMILTON Nov 2020 #26

As someone in the Sanders/Warren wing kwolf68 Nov 2020 #29

Yes, I think so. But I'm content to know that Biden did :) fishwax Nov 2020 #30

Yes I could make a case for several other candidates. judeling Nov 2020 #32

Beto. marmar Nov 2020 #33

Imo no Meowmee Nov 2020 #34

No Johnny2X2X Nov 2020 #35

No, as many here can tell you and I had a couple of hides when saying this too, Demsrule86 Nov 2020 #36

No mindfulNJ Nov 2020 #37

But Joe Biden won the primary for Cha Nov 2020 #41

I supported Warren in the primary but... Rizen Nov 2020 #42

No, he uniquely fit these times and Americans responded to his character. lark Nov 2020 #44