Yes. Because Biden is a somewhat reasonable and sort of creepy alternative to Trump. Warren and Sanders are nuts.
If you’re a moderate democrat, you’d be put in the position of voting for serious policy changes that go well beyond your range of comfort if it’s a choice between Trump and Warren/Sanders. Thus, the question in the minds of these voters isn’t as simple as a lesser of two evils. If you really believe she might take away your health insurance that you think you like (whether it’s actually worth a flip when it matters most is moot), then you have a reason not to participate in the election. Moreover, if you’re earning six figures and fear getting hit with higher income taxes, then you have another reason not to participate. You have reason to share your dissatisfaction across social media and the like. And that’s the danger here. Not that people who despise Trump would actually be convinced to vote for him in spite of their dislike toward him; it’s the possibility that moderate dems and independents sit this one out.
I personally think that, if it came down to it, Warren would ultimately be a pragmatist and cobble up a better version of Obamacare (I’m less certain that Sanders is that pragmatic), but she isn’t going to campaign as a compromiser and that’s something that’s going to be deeply seared into the consciousness of wishy-washy moderate voters.
Hell No!, francis, you WON’T be President!
Good, this opens up the dem race for less delusional candidates.
Democrats are about to blow this election.
Biden is too old and aging fast (but has the best platform by far), Warren has whacky stupid plans and is the uber lying politician not named Trump, and Sanders is unelectable.
In the old days of smoke filled backrooms Dems would put up a Michael Bennet or Amy K in for the win.
Ralph Wiggum/Inanimate Carbon Rod 2020
Pick a Winner!
I’m a libertarian-turned-moderate-democrat, and I wouldn’t hesitate to vote for Warren, Sanders, or ANY of the Dems over Trump. Got a medicare plan that needs work? Gee, that might be better than handing state secrets to our enemies.
Even if the choice were between a much more moderate GOP candidate like Jeb Bush versus a Sanders or Warren, I’d have to think a second about who to vote for – if the Democrats also stood to gain full control of Congress and could pass anything they wanted.
So since neither party can push through their most extreme legislation, but the GOP stands to widen their control of the courts with a win, even with a fairy-tale non-existent moderate, I’d vote for literally any democrat in the upcoming election. Even if Warren or Sanders were as bad as they’re claimed to be, they won’t pass their radical plans.
Jesus, Biden is in 4th place according to that.
Warren - 22%
Sanders - 19%
Buttigeig - 18%
Biden - 17%
Aren’t you a conservative? I don’t agree with any of this.
How is Bidens platform the best? Why are Warrens plans stupid and why is Sanders unelectable? And why are smoke filled backrooms better than primaries?
Liberals make up 25% of all voters, and about 50% of democratic voters. They probably make up a slight majority of democratic primary voters. They aren’t a fringe group by any means.
I am an old-fashioned free trade** liberal** that thinks Obama was the best president of my lifetime.
LIBERAL again - not a progressive.
What happened to Booker? I feel like he was talked about a lot as a candidate immediately after Hilary lost. But he never seemed to gain any traction. No ones even talking about him doing poorly. He’s just… there.
And likely not for long …
To quote John Mulaney - “It won’t even be on the news, or it will be but real quick, just like ‘Cory Booker quit today, obviously.’”
Booker’s just one of those new and young faces who comes along in DC impressing enough of the right people inside the system who declare he could be one to watch for in the future. The average voter however has yet to get to know him. Every cycle has a few candidates who overestimate their popularity.
So which candidate(s) pick up the Beto supporters and whom does Beto endorse?
What Beto supporters? That’s why he quit.
More seriously, I don’t think he had enough supporters to poll on second choices, but they usually mirror the first choices pretty closely, so they’d mostly go to Biden, Warren, and Sanders.
Buttigieg is the obvious choice but Beto voters may resent him for stealing Beto’s oxygen. My theory on Buttigieg remains that this campaign is primarily focused on building a brand, not going full-out for the job right now. If he flukes into the nomination he’ll take it, but he won’t do anything to jeopardize a future run.
As for the rest: Harris’s inability to keep her momentum going is not a good sign; I thought she was going to be a contender but she’s currently floundering. I suppose she could still catch a break, though. I’d like to see Klobuchar hang in there at least long enough to gain some more exposure, if only to give her another chance to make her case without the background noise of two dozen opponents. I’ve found Booker to be a bit of a damp squib thus far, to be honest. And I’m genuinely surprised Yang is still in the running.
So is everyone else. Including Yang.
Nope. Yang has said he’s not surprised in every interview I’ve seen, including this recent one with his wife, Evelyn.
Castro is circling the drain as well, laying off NH and SC staff.
I assume October fundraising didn’t come in looking very promising and November and December are going to be worse.
Doesn’t look like he’ll make the next debate