Did he do it for the memes?

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        That isn’t guaranteed. And the voters don’t really have any control over that.

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          True. They could replace Biden with Clinton.

          The voters lack of control is the main reason we are in this mess. Only 14m people chose Biden in the primary.

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            I agree with you there.

            I’m also (obviously) against the genocide.

            I just think Trump would be worse in every way, including regarding the genocide (and other potential future genocides and/or wars).

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        Maybe it’d appeal more to you. But they’ve likely done their research and figured that they’d lose more votes from swapping him out.

        They could be right or wrong, but they’re not making these decisions blindly.

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            No, because the voters still have a choice to vote.

            There’s no guarantee that swapping candidates would get them more net votes.

            There’s a guarantee that Democrat or flip voters who abstain from voting for Biden are helping Trump win.

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        Yes, if voters who vote Republican or flip between Republican/Democrat decide not to vote for Trump, then that would help Biden win.

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            Or are they helping both?

            Actually, I’ve read that voter apathy tends to help Right-wing parties. If that’s true and accurate, then independents who don’t vote for either would be helping Trump.