• IndustryStandard@lemmy.worldOP
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    5 days ago

    Not at all. Democrats literally did not hold a primary in 2024 because the establishment would be crushed by non establishment candidates and they knew it.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      5 days ago

      No, they didn’t hold a primary because they had the incumbent advantage. You don’t weaken your own incumbent candidate by running people against them in the primary. That’s basic electoral politics.

      Same reason they didn’t have a primary in 2012.

      • butwhyishischinabook@piefed.social
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        3 days ago

        If you really don’t see how 2024 was different given that Biden ran as a bridge candidate who wouldn’t seek a second term then there is literally nothing that the party could do that you wouldn’t mindlessly defend.