# In which ways (if any) has Democratic strategy changed to prevent a repeat of 2016?

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**Created:** [July 2, 2024, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-ways-if-any-has-democratic-strategy-changed-to-prevent-a-repeat-of-2016/1003618 "2024-07-02T08:37:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-ways-if-any-has-democratic-strategy-changed-to-prevent-a-repeat-of-2016/1003618/28 "2024-07-03T11:47:23Z")

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> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> Vote for Biden because, with a Democratic congress, he would raise the minimum wage, establish universal health care, codify the right to reproductive health care, maintain the rule of law, and the many, many other good and progressive things that Biden has endorsed.

…you think Biden will bring about universal healthcare? Just looking it up, I see he got a community not on Twitter:

> <https://x.com/POTUS/status/1677475709202190344?lang=en>

> [@community note](#):
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> Joe Biden has never publicly supported universal healthcare or Medicare for All, and has suggested he would veto bills that implement such a system. His stated policy goal is ‘affordable’ healthcare achieved by expanding existing programs like the ACA and Medicare.

How about codifying reproductive healthcare? Why didn’t he do that when they had the house and the senate?

What does “maintain the rule of law” mean? Under his watch we’ve just seen the Supreme Court declare that the President of the United States is _above_ the law. And as long as the balance of the supreme court remains as it is, then the rule of law will continue to be eroded. So does Biden have a plan to deal with the supremes? We know he doesn’t support packing the court. How would he keep this promise?

When I said “give the people something to vote for”, I didn’t mean a random list of things that the president has never supported. I’ve already talked about reproductive healthcare in this thread. Biden promised to bring back Roe vs Wade. Just a few days ago. Do you believe him? How do you think he’s going to do it? Because there isn’t a plan or a strategy to do that.

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