Democracy?

[Jolly]

[jon-nyc]

I heard someone mention a post-debate poll that said 75% of democrats wanted someone other than Biden.

The GOP has had weeks to plan for this. You’d think they could have come up with a better talking point than ‘this is an anti-democratic coup’.

[Jolly]

The Trump campaign dropped the first commercial criticizing Harris within the first hour or so.

[Mik]

And Harris had her fund raising website up before the ink was dry on Joe's letter.

[LuFins Dad]

In all fairness, I’m sure this isn’t how Kamala wanted this to go down. I’m sure she wanted him to win reelection.

And then have to step down in February of 2025…

[Jolly]

@LuFins-Dad said in Democracy?:

In all fairness, I’m sure this isn’t how Kamala wanted this to go down. I’m sure she wanted him to win reelection.

And then have to step down in February of 2025…

You sir, are right.

[Mik]

Why should she want to have to run? I'm sure the 2020 primary is front and center in her mind.

[George K]

If Kamala is the nominee, and if she wins, she will be the mouth and face of the Democrats until 2032.

I understand that Obama has not yet endorsed her.

[Mik]

I'm not surprised. If I read the tea leaves correctly, most Dems do not believe she's a real improvement over Biden. No sizzle, lots of historical fizzle.

[taiwan_girl]

If President Biden had indicated a year ago that he was not going to run for election, I really doubt that VP Harris would be the nominee today.

[Jolly]

Notice ... Since Biden resigned the nomination, not a single bad angle, not a single bad picture of Kamala -lama-ding-dong.

[jon-nyc]

Some highlights from a Marist poll:

87% of Americans think Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race was the right thing to do. 12% believe it was the wrong thing to do.

77% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say Harris should be the party’s nominee. 22% think the Democrats should find someone else to challenge Harris.

https://maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/election-2024-whats-next/

(I’m among the 22 FWIW.)

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in Democracy?:

Some highlights from a Marist poll:

87% of Americans think Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race was the right thing to do. 12% believe it was the wrong thing to do.

77% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say Harris should be the party’s nominee. 22% think the Democrats should find someone else to challenge Harris.

https://maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/election-2024-whats-next/

(I’m among the 22 FWIW.)

Too bad opinion polls aren’t democratic. By the way, 77% of the Pro-Biden voters in 2020 chose not to participate in this year’s primaries. Choosing not to vote is a choice as well.

[jon-nyc]

71% of pro-trump voters from 2016 failed to vote in the 2020 primary. That’s par for the course in uncompetitive primaries.