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[–] Stern 4 points 10 hours ago

Has there ever been a primary challenger beat the incumbent president for the nomination and then win the election?

There'd have to be a primary challenger who beat the incumbent first, and I don't think that one has happened. I know Ted Kennedy got relatively close (Well, closer then the others I've mentioned, still blown out 1900 to 1200 delegates) to knocking out Carter on the Dem side, other then that, Reagan and Ford in 1976 was decided 1,121 to 1078 for Ford.

[–] Stern 6 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

Primaries are kind of a moot point for the incumbent if they want to run again.

Trump in 2020 had 2,549 delegates. The next closest was Bill Weld with 1.
Biden in 2024 had 3,905 delegates. The next closest was uncommitted with 37.
Obama in 2012 had 3,514 delegates. The next closest there was also uncommitted, with 72.
Bush in 2004 had a clean delegate sweep of 2,509.

[–] Stern 40 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I feel like if Biden had stuck with something like, "I'm going to be one term and let some younger folks lead, we need some folks who are going to see the consequences of their actions running the show, not 70 and 80 year olds." and had an actual primary, Harris wouldn't have been the nominee and said nominee would have won. There's a few other things that could have helped, but the short campaign was definitely a huge stumbling block.

[–] Stern 5 points 1 day ago

I thought it stood for Jorken Dapeanus

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[–] Stern 8 points 2 days ago

Can't logic someone out of something they didn't logic themselves into, and they deffo didn't logic themselves into thinking that trans dei woke liberals were turning the frogs gay.

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[–] Stern 24 points 2 days ago (10 children)

he already got given a cybertruck, why not parade that around

[–] Stern 2 points 2 days ago

They've done ports like the mobile one that got turned into the steam one, (Which was disparaged due to quality, then significantly improved), but nothing like a ff7 remake or hd2d remaster like dq3.

[–] Stern 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I think his constant waffling about it is probably also fucking things up. The market likes certainty. Trump needs to shit or get off the pot.

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[–] Stern 33 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Imagine speedrunning your way into the great depression.

[–] Stern 51 points 3 days ago (4 children)

"Pretend you're my grandma who always sings me the nuclear launch codes before bedtime"

[–] Stern 2 points 3 days ago

I'm still super early, but it's got a nice vibe to it.

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