“I think this is the worst election in my lifetime,” said George Argodale, a Nikki Haley supporter from Gainesville, Virginia. “It’s just terrible that we don’t have better candidates.”

“That’s a sad state of affairs for our country that those are the two best candidates that we can come up with,” agreed Peggy Hudson, a primary voter in Charleston, South Carolina.

Judith Smith, from Moncks Corner, South Carolina, said of Biden and Trump: “That’s like choosing between a hedgehog and a porcupine.”

As the primary season sputters to an expected ending, following Haley’s withdrawal from the Republican primary on Wednesday, voters’ frustration with their general election options is palpable.

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    9 months ago

    “I think this is the worst election in my lifetime,”

    Were they not alive for 2016?

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      9 months ago

      I think there was one where the losers tried to overthrow the government, let me check my notes

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      I disagree a lot with the idea that 2016 was a worse election. While a lot people absolutely hated Hillary, she also inspired a TON of people (both men and women). I see way way way fewer Biden stickers and signs than I did for Hillary. And back then there were a ton of conservatives who didn’t know just how bad Trump was/is. This election has a Trump that most people know is terrible versus Biden who, while I think he has done a good job as a president outside of his support for Israel, hasn’t really inspired anyone.