I volunteered as a Democratic poll greeter on Election Day with two women, a woman from Cincinnati who works for the NC government as an economist and an African American woman from New Jersey retired from Johnson and Johnson so she could raise her son who had a hearing disability and “blacks kids with disabilities don’t get the help they need in public schools.”
They both voted for Biden in the primary. I asked them why. Both said “because I thought he had the best chance to win the general.”
The Democrats keep picking centrists because we’re a centrist country, I guess.
I was going to vote for Buttigieg in the primary and voted Warren after he dropped out, but that was a symbolic vote since Biden had already locked it up.
I’ve recently shared my thoughts on how I think we got here:
They both voted for Biden in the primary. I asked them why. Both said “because I thought he had the best chance to win the general.”
The Democrats keep picking centrists because we’re a centrist country, I guess.
I was going to vote for Buttigieg in the primary and voted Warren after he dropped out, but that was a symbolic vote since Biden had already locked it up.
I’ve recently shared my thoughts on how I think we got here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25004795