Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi privately told President Joe Biden in a recent conversation that polling shows that the president cannot defeat Donald Trump and that Biden could destroy Democrats’ chances of winning the House in November if he continues seeking a second term, according to four sources briefed on the call.
He was the frontrunner until all the establishment candidates except Biden dropped in a single afternoon. I voted Bernie, but it’s unfair to call his lead anything but a plurality in the early phases of the primary season.
The worst part of it was that winning with a plurality was their plan. Even if the others stayed in, then he just loses at the convention, because it’s a contested convention and he still doesn’t have a majority.
Didn’t Bernie still get the popular vote yet lose anyway?
Edit: I think I’m confusing things with the 2016 election. I thought I remembered seeing news that he was slightly more popular than Hillary.
He was the frontrunner until all the establishment candidates except Biden dropped in a single afternoon. I voted Bernie, but it’s unfair to call his lead anything but a plurality in the early phases of the primary season.
I think I was confusing the numbers with his popularity against Hillary.
The worst part of it was that winning with a plurality was their plan. Even if the others stayed in, then he just loses at the convention, because it’s a contested convention and he still doesn’t have a majority.
I just looked it up and in 2020 Biden got like 10 million more votes in the primaries than Sanders. Bernie only carried like 6 states.
Bernie was winning most of the states until Covid hit, after which intelligent, responsible, voters stayed home. Then Biden started beating Bernie.