A majority of voters in New Hampshire wrote-in Bidenā€™s name on ballots where he did not appear officially

A majority of voters in New Hampshire wrote-in Bidenā€™s name on ballots where he did not appear officially

President Joe Biden won the New Hampshire Democratic primary, despite his name not appearing on the stateā€™s presidential primary ballot.

The Associated Press called the race for Mr Biden shortly after polls closed on Tuesday night, as a majority of voters wrote in the presidentā€™s name.

Mr Bidenā€™s campaign purposefully did not file the presidentā€™s name for the ballot within the deadline in an act of solidarity with the Democratic National Conventionā€™s (DNC) decision to make South Carolina the first state to hold a primary.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    826Ā·
    10 months ago

    of course he was going to win the primary

    Which makes all this bullshit so much more frustrating anywaysā€¦

    Biden was always going to win this primary, so what the fuck is the point of all these shenanigans?

    Is it the same as when Biden loses his temper with journalists and voters who question him?

    Do we really want a president willing to do this shit in a primary election heā€™s all but guaranteed to win, and even if he loses, the party could still make him the candidate?

    This shit isnā€™t rational behavior, and itā€™s going to depress turnout in the general when he needs it.

    Of his 2020 opponents, Warren, Sanders and Klobuchar are on record being proud of what Biden has been able to accomplish legislatively, and all three are 100% behind him,

    Because progressives would always prefer a moderate to a Republicanā€¦

    But moderates donā€™t always prefer a progressive to a Republican.

    Caring about the American people is a liability when youā€™re in a 3 way stand off with two people who have a week to live. They donā€™t care if they lose.

    Edit:

    Iā€™ve always considered New Hampshire to be a politically sane and somewhat moderate state

    They are saneā€¦

    Thatā€™s why they voted for Bernie in the 2016 and 2020 primaryā€¦

    Which is why the DNC suddenly had a problem with them going firstā€¦

    • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
      71Ā·
      10 months ago

      Do we really want a president willing to do this shit in a primary election

      This shit isnā€™t rational behavior

      WTF are you talking about?! Can you say specifically what you think Biden did here?