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Democrats have until next March/April to get some more refined, relatable and more prominent candidates to front run it's party. Right now, we aren't hearing about any of them as much except Biden re-election. That is not a very strong position, I feel, to be leaning towards. The guy could still fall over dead at any point and he could be tired from running again next year.
I don't want us to be left with just Biden as the "choice" to vote for. I only voted Biden to get us out of the nightmare circus a few years ago. I don't have the ambition to vote for him again on his prowess alone, because there's things with the guy I simply don't like. Notably, with him being in bed with the entertainment industry and their efforts to demonize piracy. When, he isn't nailing them down for corruptible practices against the consumer.
What happened in 2016 when we were left with Clinton and Trump? Welllll, we ended up with fat orange old dude because we didn't want the corporately approved democrat in Clinton to make it. Sanders was too good, I suppose.
We'll get these results again, might not be specifically Trump again, but whoever Republicans will position. Hope not DeSantis of all fucking people.
I'm not a Biden superfan either but I think people need to be aware of the reality. I have kids that don't feel like voting because "Biden does not excite them". While he doesn't excite me either, it's important to understand that not voting for Biden is essentially a step in the direction of the "other guy", which happens to me MUCH MUCH WORSE than Biden.
It's naive to think that you can go from a to z without going through b, c, d, etc... We don't vote for the ideal candidate, we vote for one that at least seems to be pointing in the right direction and has a chance to win.
Also remember that this whole "both sides are the same shit, so why vote" idea was spread around exactly to discourage people from voting. It's key to be mindful of that.