Biden needs to emphasize the risks of a second Trump term without annoying and alienating voters who are sick of hearing about him.

Joe Biden’s campaign is facing a strategic dilemma. Since the president’s job-approval ratings have been consistently low, his path to reelection depends on making 2024 a comparative choice between himself and Donald Trump, his scary, extremist predecessor. That task is becoming more urgent as evidence emerges that a sizable number of voters either don’t remember or misremember the four turbulent years of the Trump administration. But paradoxically, educating voters about the potential consequences of a Biden defeat could annoy and alienate them by pushing Trump fatigue to new heights.

  • Patapon Enjoyer@lemmy.world
    65·
    6 months ago

    Yes, he is the lesser evil.

    Some people don’t like evil and won’t vote for him until he decides to not do that. That’s a problem for his eligibility.

    It’s a lot easier to convince one guy to chill on doing genocide than convincing a million people that it’s ok to do genocide just this time cause it’s important and the other guy is worse

    • Buffalox@lemmy.world
      124·
      6 months ago

      OK so 70 years of supporting Israel, and suddenly NOW it becomes a problem in the election?
      It has absolutely nothing to do with Russian/GOP propaganda to make Biden look bad?
      I’m sorry, I just don’t buy that. I’m all for a solution in Gaza, and I’m sure Biden is too, on the other hand, I don’t believe Trump gives a shit.

      • Patapon Enjoyer@lemmy.world
        65·
        6 months ago

        I love that I saw this exact argument 4 years ago when he picked Harris as VP. “oh so now police violence is a problem, damn you, Putin”

        I don’t know why it took until they killed >10000 children in 6 months for more people to care, but supporting Israel has always been a problem. If his election is threatened by that he can simply stop supporting a genocide or admit that, yes, his belief in letting Israel kill as many people as they want is more important than this election.

        • Buffalox@lemmy.world
          72·
          6 months ago

          If police violence is a problem, that too is 100% a reason to NOT vote for Trump. Trump wants to give more power to police, and protect them even better when they kill innocent people. Trump wants police to shoot colored people and demonstrants indiscriminately. His policies and actions clearly show that.
          You are supporting a fascist with no regard for democracy, either on purpose or unwittingly.

          • Patapon Enjoyer@lemmy.world
            64·
            6 months ago

            Phew, I’m glad I’m not voting for Trump.

            Can we discuss how Biden’s support of genocide is bad now?

            • Buffalox@lemmy.world
              115·
              6 months ago

              If you are not helping Biden, you are helping Trump win. That’s the problem with the 2 party system in USA.
              Maybe one day USA will have a better democracy, and we can have more nuanced debates on US politics.