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Originally Posted by activeStick
Biden was the best candidate of the bunch and his victory in the primaries is evidence of that.
Sanders - Socialist label baggage would likely see him lose to Trump badly.
Klobuchar - Accomplished and smart, but the voting population of the US is still very sexist.
Warren - See above comments, though personally, I like her record of going after banks and CEOs.
Buttigieg - Good resume. Veteran and intelligent. Americas weird though, are they ready to elect a gay man?
Harris - Same issue unfortunately as the other women candidates. Highly accomplished.
Yang - Not popular enough and his banner policy wouldn't be popular for the majority because well, "Socialist!!".
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I would pick Mayor Pete in a second as my president, but good resume?? He's too much of a wild card for a lot of reasons, and didn't really have the black support.
I agree that a far left like Sanders would have made it a much more complicated race. I don't think he'd have been blown out, but it becomes a referendum on Trump mixed with a referendum on Socialism, and a lot of people choosing between the lesser of two evils.
I think there is a lot of sexism in the rust belt that would make a woman a risky bet.
Biden is the right choice for this particular race. Hopefully he restores some relationships with other countries, restores institutions, gets health care going in the right direction, climate issues in the right direction, gets us through COVID and passes it on to someone else after 4 years.