I was hoping someone of a...different nationality ...would be the front runner for democrats
Instead its more power to what is already leading. I was hoping the democrat party would have put in someone else that would have really made a statement to the changing of times in 2019/2020 and beyond. But instead its the same ole same ole like we have had every single time except once.
Different nationality? Only American born citizens can become President, and it's okay to say 'person of color'.
Who actually prefers Joe Biden? I've never met a single person who likes him more than Bernie, for example. Where are the people who're polling for him?
Biden will win the primary anyway, even if he really shouldn't.
I like him in terms of Trump being scared of him, but it's not set in stone, what with the first votes being more than a half year away. Plus, the not-Clinton vote is how we got Trump, so, that kind of thinking isn't neccesarily a good way to choose a candidate.
Harris is my absolute no-go, but after only a couple weeks of the Biden campaign and its supporters I'm about 95% of the way there with him too. No more blackmail. You can't evolve if you keep capitulating.
What's the problem with Harris? She did say that Biden would make a nice running mate, don't know what was up with that, sarcasm maybe?
We're what, a year out at this point? People calling anything for anybody right now are insane or trying to pull one on you or both.
As for Biden, this is a good breakdown as to why he's strong now and why he might not be as strong later.
Now, if I had to choose? I have a soft spot for anti-monopoly policies, so I'd have to go Warren.
More like about 9 months out. At this point in 2015-2016, people were all "It's going to be a clash of dynasties!", we know how that prediction turned out.
I really pisses me off that one of the big problems with the Democratic party in 2016 was "there's nobody in the party between 35 and 75." And in the past two fucking years, the DNC hasn't been able to fill that gap. Are there literally 0 middle-aged democrats?
There's twenty three declared candidates right now. 9 -- about 39%, more than a third, less than half -- are under 50. There's middle-aged democrats, they're just currently not as well known overall.
E: And for what it's worth, only 6 are over 60, only 3 over 70. You have 9 under 50, 6 over 60, and 7 in their 50s... also there's apparently someone I'm missing but that doesn't actually change much. Most of the candidates are under 60, better than a supermajority under 70.
Not sure what you consider 'middle aged' PTTG, but theres plenty under 50 and a pretty broad age range.... The problem in 2016 is that Clinton and the DNC forced everybody else not named Clinton out and they're still rebuilding their bench right now. The reason that they haven't been able to fill in that gap is simply time, there are definetly a lot of young Democrats (AOC for example), it just takes time for them to get to the age 35 requirement.
Yes, the age requirement of 35 is pretty arbritrary and it could definetly be changed through constitutional amendment, but AFAIK, there isn't a serious discussion on lowering that.
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