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I don't think so. Biden is not that charismatic. Trump had two important things going for him, he is charismatic and he was a unknown wildcard. Trump, at the very least, sold himself as the alternative to your mainstream politician on both the Democrat and GOP side. 2016 was not the year any career politician was going to win.
Generally I'm anti-Sanders, moreso because of his supporters, but that was the only instance Bernie Sanders had the highest chance of winning.
Comment by DemWitty at 30/03/2023 at 19:33 UTC
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Trump barely got a higher percentage of the vote than McCain did in 2008. Both Trump and Clinton were two strongly disliked candidates and the numbers showed that. Biden would've easily won by just not being Trump like he did in 2020.
And while Sanders wasn't the only one who could've won in 2016, he definitely would've. I don't think anyone can rationally argue that he'd have done worse than Clinton.
Comment by Please_do_not_DM_me at 30/03/2023 at 18:31 UTC
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Biden is not that charismatic.
Is he more charismatic than Hillary was though?
Comment by bl1y at 30/03/2023 at 15:24 UTC
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Biden is charismatic when he's talking personal, emotional issues. He's not when discussing policy.