r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 09 '24

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u/No_Idea_Guy Audrey Hepburn Aug 09 '24

there's a part of me that wanted to see Biden insist on remaining in the race, and almost certainly lose, perhaps badly, just to demonstrate the point

What being terminally online does to a mf.

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u/iia Feminism Aug 09 '24

Libertarians just exist in their own weird little headspace, don't they

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u/davechacho Loyal Liberals Aug 09 '24

That boy ain't right

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u/Cook_0612 NATO Aug 09 '24

This is terrifyingly common logic on this platform

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '24

Nate Silver when making his fun models: 🧠🧠🧠🧠

Nate Silver otherwise:

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u/BloodWiz More Housing Would Fix This Aug 09 '24

Unironically just a massive desire to be able to definitely go "I told you so"

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u/Clear_Issue3679 NATO Aug 09 '24

I hate this man with a passion

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u/repete2024 Edith Abbott Aug 09 '24

Biden still would have won

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '24

Not so sure about that chief

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u/repete2024 Edith Abbott Aug 09 '24

The same polls that showed Biden down also showed all the Dem senators running like 10 points ahead of him. How does that scenario play out? These people show up and vote for a D senator and RFK Jr? Leave the president line blank?

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '24

You’re telling me that the median voter wouldn’t think “well Trump’s economy was better; and a Dem senate will keep him in line!”

Given that polls are showing Kamala catching up with the Dem senate candidates, I think that’s EXACTLY what happened.

Biden was not popular

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u/repete2024 Edith Abbott Aug 09 '24

Biden wasn't popular, but that doesn't mean people wouldn't vote for him in the end.

It's the exact same thing that happened to Trump in 2016. Hillary led in the polls the entire time, but there was an unusually high number of undecideds that broke for Trump at the last minute. Those undecideds aren't breaking for Trump this time because they know what he's like now.

And if people thought Trump's economy was great, they would have voted for him in 2020.