>>>nobody I have talked to seriously voted for Joe Biden on his own merits.<<<

On the other hand, I know lots of people who voted him on his own merits which and they listed them as - he is centrist, he was a senator/VP which means he has the experience and knowledge to navigate congress, he has good ethics/morals (which means they could tell their kids to look up to him), he is a Christian, he believes in climate change.

I know lots of Democrats who are moderates/centrists and preferred Biden over Bernie and Warren.

Personally, I also found him to be a good candidate and not a 'he is not trump so automatically he is better'