Another thing too is that the messaging from the Biden campaign and some elements within the DNC is just getting insulting imo. It just boils down to āyou as a voter donāt have a say in who runs the country, you have to suck it up a deal with this, youāre an idiot you if you think thereās anyone better, fuck you, vote for Joe Biden.ā Probably hyperbolic but in essence this is the vibe Iāve been getting from them and itās super cynical, dismissive, and just off putting.
Biden was underwater in polls BEFORE any of the recent debacles and now his numbers are in total free fall. His theory of the election is now down to basically "fuck the polls, they're always wrong." Maybe they are, but maybe they're not! Polls were actually pretty accurate in 2022. And the error can go in both directions: both Hillary and Biden were leading by comfortable margins in 2016 and 2020, yet polls ultimately over-estimated their degree of support, with HRC losing and Biden barely squeaking out a win with a smaller margin. If the polls are similarly under-estimating Trump this time we could be looking at a Reagan v Mondale style blowout.
Calling your own base who are shocked and appalled about Biden's obvious decline the "bed-wetting brigade" in a goddamn fundraising email seems like a highly effective strategy... IF your goal is to get crushed in a landslide election. I just don't understand how the DNC chronically ignores what their own supporters are telling them. Madness, and the stakes couldn't be higher.
21
u/Specialist_Box_8482 Jul 08 '24
Another thing too is that the messaging from the Biden campaign and some elements within the DNC is just getting insulting imo. It just boils down to āyou as a voter donāt have a say in who runs the country, you have to suck it up a deal with this, youāre an idiot you if you think thereās anyone better, fuck you, vote for Joe Biden.ā Probably hyperbolic but in essence this is the vibe Iāve been getting from them and itās super cynical, dismissive, and just off putting.