Biden is the worst candidate of the bunch by that metric. His favorability is 17 points underwater right now, and he’s losing to Trump in most recent polls by around 4 to 6 points. And keep in mind that that’s measuring popular vote, not electoral votes. Hillary won the popular vote by 2 points and still lost the election. Biden needs to lead Trump by at least 3 points to even have a chance, it took a +4.5 margin to win last time around. And while we’re comparing to Hillary, her favorability was only 15 points underwater in October after the Comey report.
Cornel West would be a way better choice. Even Dean Phillips would be less bad of a choice (y’know that whole “lesser evil” thing and all that). In polls, a generic Democrat leads Trump by 6 points.
But it’s all a moot point because Democrats keep shutting down primaries and removing candidates from the ballot. They’re attempting another coronation just like they did in 2016 - why would any candidate try to run when the party leadership is shutting them down?
I read everything you wrote. It ignored what I wrote, which was:
Do you know of a willing candidate who has a significant chance of beating Trump other than Biden?
You did not name one. You made a lot of excuses, but you didn’t name one. Unless you think Cornell West has a chance of beating Trump. Polls certainly don’t suggest so.
Biden is the worst candidate of the bunch by that metric. His favorability is 17 points underwater right now, and he’s losing to Trump in most recent polls by around 4 to 6 points. And keep in mind that that’s measuring popular vote, not electoral votes. Hillary won the popular vote by 2 points and still lost the election. Biden needs to lead Trump by at least 3 points to even have a chance, it took a +4.5 margin to win last time around. And while we’re comparing to Hillary, her favorability was only 15 points underwater in October after the Comey report.
Cornel West would be a way better choice. Even Dean Phillips would be less bad of a choice (y’know that whole “lesser evil” thing and all that). In polls, a generic Democrat leads Trump by 6 points.
But it’s all a moot point because Democrats keep shutting down primaries and removing candidates from the ballot. They’re attempting another coronation just like they did in 2016 - why would any candidate try to run when the party leadership is shutting them down?
So you can’t actually name a willing candidate who has a significant chance of beating Trump other than Biden. Gotcha.
By the way, you are aware that Cornel West isn’t running as a Democrat, right?
Bazinga!
I’m super impressed by your ability to ignore literally everything I wrote.
I read everything you wrote. It ignored what I wrote, which was:
You did not name one. You made a lot of excuses, but you didn’t name one. Unless you think Cornell West has a chance of beating Trump. Polls certainly don’t suggest so.