Joe Biden Presidency thread *Please read OP - Threadbanned Users Added 4/5/21*

Fair enough, I missed the point ancap was making and jumped to the wrong conclusion based on the line I quoted. My bad.

So the point I was making was irrelevant as a response to ancap's post I quoted, but it is not irrelevant to the discussion of the US election and Biden's bid to get reelected:

Political elites think they know better than the electorate and are then surprised if the electorate has the cheek to disagree with them at the ballot box.

The electorate, including registered Democrats, have shown in extensive polling for past few years that they don't think Biden should run again, their principal concern being he is too old for another four year term in such a demanding job.

The Democratic party have totally ignored what the electorate think and pressed on with Biden regardless, presumably because they believe they know better.

That strategy is currently looking to be a risky one.

But nobody should be surprised by that.

You're correct, I cannot remember the names of his challengers, presumably as they were non-entities. Nobody credible wished to challenge him since he was an incumbent president.

That's been the norm. If you want a future tilt at the nomination, don't challenge the incumbent.

Before Biden announced his plans to seek reelection there was plenty of evidence and discussion about the polls showing the majority did not wish for him to stand again.

Perhaps if the Democratic party had used their influence at that point to encourage to bow out with dignity, there would be less discussion now about the idea of forcing him out.