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In reply to the discussion: Here is why a poll saying many Dems want Biden to drop out is to be COMPLETELY IGNORED. [View all]ProfessorPlum
(11,467 posts)5. I agree with you. However, the alternate candidate would have to be Harris
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who has already gone through the primary process with Biden. That doesn't stop the bed wetters from pretending there is some super awesome alternative just waiting in the wings (without describing the process of nominating that person)
edit: wrong homonym. Also, I think bed wetters is too harsh here - I think that changing from Biden at this date is a losing, panicky strategy that is not well thought out and also should be done behind closed doors and not out in the media, if it is to be done at all. And I also understand that people who want to switch from Biden believe that it is the best way to win, so I respect that even if I disagree.
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Here is why a poll saying many Dems want Biden to drop out is to be COMPLETELY IGNORED. [View all]
Deek1935
Jul 2024
OP
It is true. The average voter doesn't understand how this works, many politicians don't either.
Walleye
Jul 2024
#2
I agree with you. However, the alternate candidate would have to be Harris
ProfessorPlum
Jul 2024
#5
Biden has been an excellent President, probably the best in my over 50 years of voting
Taraman
Jul 2024
#17
" In head to head matchups in the polls (for those who love polls), it is a tie race. "
LudwigPastorius
Jul 2024
#7
Sorry, I forgot that we only like the polls that show us as being ahead.
LudwigPastorius
Jul 2024
#16
RCP uses the simple average of different polls, not some "predictive" algorithm like 538.
LudwigPastorius
Jul 2024
#26
Yes, RCP doesn't include the polls that are privately commissioned by the parties themselves.
LudwigPastorius
Jul 2024
#30
That's the bottom line. It's not Trump's existential threat, it's "show me the money."
lees1975
Jul 2024
#25
Polls were wrong in 2018, 2020, 2022. AGAIN. NEVER TRUST CORPORATE MEDIA POLLS.
ancianita
Jul 2024
#10
What is wrong with the "name callers" who can't defend a point without trying to belittle fellow Democrats?
farmboy
Jul 2024
#28
Because it's the truth. They need to stop this SHIT. It is pure conjecture going down a fucked up rabbit hole.
Deek1935
Jul 2024
#36
These polls ignore the fact that the GOP may be able to keep a Biden replacement off the ballot in key states
LetMyPeopleVote
Jul 2024
#29
I just cannot understand that some of the people I trusted and supported want Joe Biden to step down.
katmondoo
Jul 2024
#34
Polls are the false flags of this contest. There will be a large attendance at November's polls.
jaxexpat
Jul 2024
#38
#4 couldn't be truer. Plus the fact that this is all a right wing bull shit topic.
C Moon
Jul 2024
#41
re: " how presidential elections actually work. It is an up or down vote on the performance of the incumbent..."
thesquanderer
Jul 2024
#53
When I saw one of the sources being the New York Post, my bullshit meter was off the charts!!!
wolfie001
Jul 2024
#64
The voters don't understand what their motivations to vote are supposed to be so ignore them
TheKentuckian
Jul 2024
#65
Biden's approval rating is probably closer to the high 30's and as high as 40
standingtall
Jul 2024
#67