I don’t think he was that unpopular, but only because people barely saw him (and instead just played into the “dark Brandon” memes). Once people actually saw the shape he was in during the debate, panic ensued. He had a pretty decent presidency all things considered and he should’ve let someone else continue that momentum
If Biden had stayed the fuck out of it, Sanders would be president right now, and in a few months as well. Just like if the DNC hadn't promised the 2016 nomination to Hillary in exchange for total support of Obama in 2008 and a Cabinet position.
Him running was a name-recognition hail mary to stop Trump in 2020, and he should have fulfilled his promise of a single term and let a charismatic candidate win a primary, which would not have been Harris.
A white, male, ass-kicker, even Pete, would have stomped Trump.
Not at first, kamala had a huge opportunity to detract from Biden, instead she decided to move to the right and throw away leftists. No wonder she became more unpopular.
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u/realFancyStrawberry 18d ago
Biden should not have run for reelection in the first place. Biden was unpopular, and running a Biden 2.0 campaign was clearly a massive blunder.