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Democratic Primaries

squirecam

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6. This is not a choice election

Reply to melman (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 21, 2020, 02:38 PM

Jan 2020

All second elections are a referendum on the incumbent. And they find him largely unacceptable.

It only becomes a choice if the democratic nominee is also largely unacceptable.

Biden is not unacceptable.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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