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Junior Chimp
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« on: April 12, 2022, 08:00:07 PM » |
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Generic R beats Hillary Clinton in 2016 because Hillary Clinton is unelectable. Generic R becomes unpopular by trying to cut taxes for the rich and slash programs for the poor, and Biden beats him out campaigning against such things.
The 2016 and 2020 primaries both featured younger, more progressive Democrats losing out against elderly establishment Democrats. 2016 was a 3 way contest between Clinton, Biden, and a young progressive, and Biden endorsed Clinton to defeat the latter fairly early on.
2020 was a drawn out affair in which younger voters were forced to once again fall in line behind the establishment after a contentious primary similar to 2008. Everyone who isn't a Republican misses Obama.
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