I'm very late with this but how did Biden manage to win the Dem nomination?

[PoetPhilosopher]

In my personal opinion, of the ordinary every day Democrats I've met... I see a lot of them like Joe Machin.

 

[Revoltingest]

That's true but I also just found out that the majority of dem voters are actually white so I was wrong to assume they'd be people of colour

There are a whole lotta white people in Ameristan.

 

[Jeremiah Ames]

OK but a large percentage of the Dem party are women and people of color. You're seriously telling me that they would rather an old, boring, white man represent them rather than a younger, more exciting black woman? That makes no sense.

I don’t think I’m saying that

I would rather have a younger, more exciting black woman (or Chinese, or Cherokee), but politics sux, and we just don’t get what we want.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

For what it's worth:

This test seems to be compared to the rest of the world.

 

[Revoltingest]

I don’t think I’m saying that

I would rather have a younger, more exciting black woman (or Chinese, or Cherokee), but politics sux, and we just don’t get what we want.

People always think of wanting this gender or that race.
How about an atheist, Buddhist, Aspie, or peacenik?

 

[Revoltingest]

For what it's worth:

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This test seems to be compared to the rest of the world.

It's lonely down there in the purple
(lower right for the colorblind) quadrant.

 

[Jose Fly]

Wow so much? Well it makes sense now why he got the nomination but also interesting given that most of those voters are supposedly "woke sjws".

Well, speaking as one of those 50+ white Democrat voters, I was okay with Biden's nomination. I supported Warren, but I also acknowledged that Biden was likely to get the nomination and once he did, I voted for him with no reservations.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

I think Trump thought he would run against Biden, even if he was optimistic for a different outcome. He used the first impeachment trial to air retaliating statements against Hunter Biden, and also coined the term "Sleepy Joe" for Biden. Perhaps because he was thinking he'd rather run against Bernie, whether because he liked Bernie better, or he thought he had a better chance against him.

 

[Jeremiah Ames]

People always think of wanting this gender or that race.
How about an atheist, Buddhist, Aspie, or peacenik?

those are all perfectly fine with me, as long as she is a good person, and wants the best for all

an atheist would actually be a breath of fresh air

imo

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

I see the term "woke" a bit differently than other people. I consider myself a progressive, not far left or communist, maybe semi-woke but not all the way, more left than Biden and Kamala, maybe about like Bernie. I see myself as more left than most in the US, but not necessarily more left than some of this forum or the younger crowd on the internet. I see myself as possibly being more woke than a lot of older Democrats, who aren't on RF that is.

 

[Left Coast]

Really? How complex would the conspiracy have to be?

Quite complex, as each state independently run their own elections and farm out significant administration/operational duties to counties.

What is the actual "rigging" you think has happened?

 

[Revoltingest]

those are all perfectly fine with me, as long as she is a good person, and wants the best for all

an atheist would actually be a breath of fresh air

imo

I look at the likely effects a candidate would have in office.
In Bernie's case, I preferred him to both Hillary & Trump
because he'd likely succeed at things I'd like (less war),
& fail at things I dislike (sending us towards socialism).
Don't care about race, gender, or religion.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

In Bernie's case, I preferred him to both Hillary & Trump
because he'd likely succeed at things I'd like (less war),
& fail at things I dislike (sending us towards socialism).

I chuckled. A pessimistic attitude but I like it.

 

[Revoltingest]

I chuckled. A pessimistic attitude but I like it.

I see it as optimistic...but with low expectations.

 

[Jeremiah Ames]

I chuckled. A pessimistic attitude but I like it.

revoltingest has never received government aid for anything, nor will he ever

if more people were so thoughtful, the government debt might actually go down some time

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

revoltingest has never received government aid for anything, nor will he ever

if more people were so thoughtful, the government debt might actually go down some time

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[PoetPhilosopher]

That was my way of saying I'll stick to the Games forum for mulling over whether Revoltingest gets government aid of any kind as a landlord, or how socialism isn't evil. (And do so jokingly) Not to mention, I like to space mine and his jab's out - I wasn't attacking him.

 

[Brickjectivity]

For people talking about "rigging," what do you think that actually means? What actual actions did the...DNC?...take to "rig" the primaries?

Point. Yes, term 'Rig' is too extreme. They favored other candidates and helped other candidates. They preferred and gave advantages so as to direct the outcome.

One sign of it being rigged would be if he did better

Above I explain that I feel the term 'Rig' too extreme and was mistake on my part. 'Favor' is the more appropriate term.

 

[Wildswanderer]

I'm obviously very late given that he turned out to be President but one thing that hasn't made sense to me was how Biden won the Dem nomination. No offence to anyone of this demographic but he's an old, some may call boring, white guy running against others in the Dem nomination field who would more likely appeal better to most Dems such as women and people of color who were also younger than him and more exciting plus, with some of the gaffes he made either in debates or in other places where he did public speaking it showed a decline in his cognition and also he's more of a moderate while the Dem party seems to be going more liberal, so all put together, it just doesn't make any sense that he won the Dem nomination. Another example is with the whole George Floyd situation and how anti-white America became after that, even more than it was before that, and with the Dems practically labelling themselves as the "social justice party" having an old, white guy as their face, as their highest representative, just doesn't make any sense. Surely there was some rigging involved.

He's easy to manipulate?

 

[Friend of Mara]

Trust me I know. Donald Trump would be sitting pretty. The socialist vote would be hard to get. Dond Trump would make those voters feel like dip $#!^s

I mean...whatever makes you feel better. The dude never once won the popular vote in the US and got clapped by a semi-functioning ice cream addict.

 

[robocop (actually)]

I mean...whatever makes you feel better. The dude never once won the popular vote in the US and got clapped by a semi-functioning ice cream addict.

Trump said Joe Biden was not a socialist but lied that he was in bed with them. If Trump said Bernie Sanders was a full on socialist that would have been much worse.