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In reply to the discussion: Why do people think switching out Joe at this point would solve anything? [View all]DFW
(59,767 posts)I think that NOT everyone supporting President Biden would support Kamala Harris. Racist and sexist Republicans in swing states that voted for Biden last time due to Trump not following through on his economic promises have no reason to assume that Kamala Harris will be a clone of Biden.
He came from the rust belt. She comes from one of the coastal elite states. Biden has a reputation for representing the working man. Harris has a reputation as a tough prosecutor for whom winning a conviction was more important than whether or not the accused was really guilty. These are very exploitable differences that even a novice Republican campaign strategist would pick up on and exploit. Even Bidens campaign people knew this in 2019-2020, and no one has forgotten that her presidential bid in the 2020 primaries went nowhere. Sure, she has learned and grown as Bidens VP, but just because WE know that, it doesnt guarantee that a Harris campaign staff can convince rural voters in Wisconsin, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Michigan of that, especially in four months.