Q re: President Biden

A's from Conservatives, Moderates and Liberals

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Question

Will you vote for Biden this November if he remains the Democratic nominee?
(Q submitted by a reader)

Answers

• Carl (conservative): No. But even were I so inclined, I don’t think I would have the chance to anyway. We shall see. 
  

• Scott in Rochester, Michigan (conservative): Yes.
  

• Joe (moderate/conservative): Will not vote for Biden or his replacement should he drop out.
  

• Liz in VA (moderate): Going to stop right there. Due to campaign law and ballot requirements, Biden must remain. I will vote for him no matter what. I do wish people would realize that many of the state filings are in and cannot be changed. If they are, then the Heritage Foundation and RNC will file against the DNC.  It's that simple. 
  

• Geoff Wise (centrist): I don't publicly share my future voting plans.
  

• Nina (moderate): Yes. If Biden can’t do the job as well as a younger person, I trust him to delegate in a way that does not damage our government. We have seen this before (Reagan). Even if he dies, our government will still be preserved. We’ve seen this before as well. Our government, as we know it, will not survive the alternative choice.
  

• John from Michigan (independent): Yes, I will vote for the Democratic nominee whether it is Biden or not.  I will reconsider if Trump is not the Republican nominee.
  
  This election is a choice of the lesser of 3 evils:
  
  1. Donald Trump
  My opinion of him has not changed much since 2016, it’s only crystalized. He is a self-serving opportunist, with no obvious interest in improving our country. Having grown up in the lap of luxury in NYC, he has little connection to the average person, so it surprises me that he appeals to so many. All choices are framed in the context of whether it will benefit him. I would vote for a monkey rather than for someone with his moral character, given the potential for harm that a U.S. President can cause.
  
  2. Joe Biden
  I don’t think of him as the sharpest tack in the box, but he has a big heart. Given my age (63), I do have a sense of the advantage of wisdom and learning from mistakes, and Joe certainly has had many decades of experience of public service to have made his share. I worry that his age will become a limiting factor soon.  (Not that he would be the first President in that situation.) His success in a second term would depend even more on the people supporting compared to his first term. Our country would be better served to have Kamala Harris run at the top of the ticket, and she could pick a new VP.
  
  3. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
  He is a wild card, with too much emphasis on wild. He has two fatal flaws from my perspective: 1) Given our current situation, he can’t win, so voting for him would only be symbolic. It would be no different than staying home on election day, which I can’t do. 2) He is a science-denier (e.g., vaccines), and I am the opposite. 
  

• Maggie Smith (liberal): Emphatically yes, if he remains on the ballot.
  

• Dan Mariano (progressive-leaning liberal): Absolutely and proudly.

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