5th June 2020, 8:30 PM
It's sad because I feel like Biden would have won in 2016, but he was mourning the loss of his son at the time and couldn't handle the emotional burden of a presidential campaign. Biden memes were all the rage in 2016, and as sad as it is to say that memes have such a profound impact on our political discourse, I really think he was becoming quite popular during this time. Recently, though, more people on the left have turned on him, similar to what happened to Hillary Clinton four years ago. This is largely because of the Bernie Bros, and I say this as somebody who voted for Sanders in the primaries in both 2016 and 2020. We also can't afford low turnout again. Republicans thrive when voter morale, and by extension turnout, is low.