• xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Here’s the bad news - the primary is over. Administratively, if we switched Democratic candidates now there would be immense voter confusion and democrats would end up splitting the vote between the two.

    The only way out of this is if Biden literally dies before the election, and I think that’s highly unlikely.

    In terms of supporting genocide, America is going to genocide and part of being a responsible voter is making the least awful choice.

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      5 months ago

      Here’s the bad news - the primary is over

      It’s not tho.

      The convention is the end of the primary.

      Biden appointed Jamie Harrison to the head of the DNC.

      And Jamie Harrison set the convention for mid August.

      If you don’t like it, go complain to them. But they picked when the primary was over.

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        5 months ago

        If someone else wins the convention I’ll pop a bottle of champagne but I think it’s nearly impossible. If you can get Whitehouse on the ballot though… I’ll buy the next round.

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          5 months ago

          So…

          You don’t think it’s possible the DNC or Biden does the right thing to maximize our chances of beating trump?

          The primary isn’t a real election. The DNC can just nominate someone else, they’ve been very open about it

          And Biden can obviously just step aside.

          Do you think they don’t care if trump wins? Or that they’d just rather that happen then a Dem candidate Dem voters want winning?

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            5 months ago

            I think it’d lead to vote splitting within the party if not done precisely correctly. We could essentially be looking at a Woodrow Wilson scenario.

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              5 months ago

              The party says who is on the ballot…

              I really don’t think a significant amount of voters would write in Biden over any listed Dem.