4th May 2019, 9:12 PM
Hillary lost mostly because she lost centrist Midwestern voters to Trump, though. Yes, she did also lose because of depressed turnout from younger liberals in those states, but younger voters usually don't vote anyway, stupidly enough, so that probably isn't what decided it. It's Trump's inroads into the midwest based on his lies about bringing back America that won him the Presidency.
And that's the case for Biden -- that he's the candidate best suited to win over that audience. I do think he's more likely to beat Trump than any of our other candidates. However, even if he does win, it'll be a frustrating four years, with a president who wants to get along with Republicans while Republicans continue to refuse to do anything he wants, Obama-style. Of course I want someone better than that.
However, unless we pull off something very unlikely and actually manage to win the Senate, I don't know if it matters who we pick from a legislation perspective, we won't be passing much. That's a horrible thing with how desperate the climate situation is getting, and with how bad growing international right-wing extremism is, but it's true. Thanks to the Senate's built-in huge Republican advantage, doing anything about this nations' problems will be incredibly difficult, Presidency or no. It's frustrating stuff... Of course, you can also get things done without legislation, and Biden will probably get less done through executive actions and such than some of our other candidates, so even considering that there are reasons to not vote for him. But it is true, what we need is quite unlikely because of the large majority of small, right-wing states in the Senate.
And that's the case for Biden -- that he's the candidate best suited to win over that audience. I do think he's more likely to beat Trump than any of our other candidates. However, even if he does win, it'll be a frustrating four years, with a president who wants to get along with Republicans while Republicans continue to refuse to do anything he wants, Obama-style. Of course I want someone better than that.
However, unless we pull off something very unlikely and actually manage to win the Senate, I don't know if it matters who we pick from a legislation perspective, we won't be passing much. That's a horrible thing with how desperate the climate situation is getting, and with how bad growing international right-wing extremism is, but it's true. Thanks to the Senate's built-in huge Republican advantage, doing anything about this nations' problems will be incredibly difficult, Presidency or no. It's frustrating stuff... Of course, you can also get things done without legislation, and Biden will probably get less done through executive actions and such than some of our other candidates, so even considering that there are reasons to not vote for him. But it is true, what we need is quite unlikely because of the large majority of small, right-wing states in the Senate.