POTUS/General Election Thread 2020 + Aftermath

[Hooahguy]

For the record, most of the Communist organizations in the country - not that they are many or electorally-significant - are endorsing Biden. I see no indication in polls or otherwise that a significant subset of the left is breaking from the Popular Front this election. The whining of fringe holdouts shouldn't unnerve us as observers.

There have always been third-party wank candidates in America - less than in the UK I might add - and at its core it's a personality type, not an ideology. For example, for someone like this

That is interesting, any links about this? I would be interested to learn more especially because the DSA explicitly said they would not endorse Biden. So if thats the case it seems pretty odd that the communists would endorse Biden, but the democratic socialists would not.

Now I dont think the threat of Bernie voter defections is as bad now as it was in 2016, when roughly 20-25% of Bernie voters did not vote for Clinton. They primarily went to Trump and third-party, with a small percentage staying home. Yes, a higher percentage of Clinton voters defected to McCain in 2008, but I think the location of those defections matters a lot too, as the article points out. But after 4 years of Trump I think far more of the Bernie voters are going to stick with Biden this time around. I guess we will find out in a couple months (crazy, isnt it?).

The only thing that irks me is when prominent people on the left who should know better advocate for not voting for Biden. Unfortunately I think at least some of them are refusing to endorse because they can gain more clout online to further their careers.