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You are within your rights... (hexbear.net)

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[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 103 points 8 months ago

Biden is the nominee, by the usual process of running unopposed.

[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 81 points 8 months ago

I don't know about that, this Uncommitted person seems to be making waves. Shame they couldn't get on all the ballots.

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 8 months ago

But what if they're running against any other candidate? That could be a close race

[-] aesc@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 8 months ago

Technically he’s not unopposed, at least not in some states. But no incumbent president has ever done well in the election when he has to campaign in a primary, if he was challenged the most likely outcome would be he’d win the primary but lose the election.

[-] DefinitelyNotAPhone@hexbear.net 62 points 8 months ago

Incumbent presidents who have to campaign in the primaries generally lose the election because they're unpopular. That's why they have to campaign in the first place. The fact that Biden is currently historically unpopular for this point in his term is a sign that maybe he should be getting the LBJ treatment even by liberal standards, but Blue MAGA is going to Blue MAGA and throw the election like it's 2016 all over again.