Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate
by egypturnash on Sunday July 21, 2024 @06:25PM
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The polling before this announcement was showing Harris with better numbers vs. Trump than Biden had, at least.
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Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate
by JKCalhoun on Sunday July 21, 2024 @07:29PM
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Polling whom? Democrats? As we have seen many times this century, getting the popular vote does not mean you win the presidency.
Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate
by caseyohara on Sunday July 21, 2024 @06:43PM
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I believe Harris would still have access to the $240M Biden/Harris campaign fund too.
Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate
by _heimdall on Sunday July 21, 2024 @06:56PM
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I honestly didn't have much faith in that polling. The media was scrambling after the debate to propose a different narrative and many in the party that were turning on Biden were promoting Harris.
The polling seemed too convenient. I don't have a link handy, but the best poll process I saw after the debate did show Harris doing better than Biden, but she was still worse off than a few of the other Democratic potentials.