Biden Wins!

[Moses]

Whether Biden is alive or not makes no difference to the principles of US democracy. The US voters know that the Vice President will step in if required, as has happened in the past.

So they voted for Biden, but will get Harris. Correct?

By the way: it is funny fact - if and when Putin will finish his 6-th (or 7th if count time when he was premier minster) time, he will be still younger than Biden is now.

[goji]

So they voted for Biden, but will get Harris. Correct?

This is the same in any democratic country. Vote for a leader, then if he dies, you get someone else. It's an unavoidable fact of life.

We then get onto expectations. The average 77 year old male lives another 10 years. However, I believe Mr Biden will get much better than average medical care, so might on average last much longer.

Heads of state do seem to get good medical care. As we also see with some royals lasting quite well, despite centuries of in breeding.

[Moses]

This is the same in any democratic country. Vote for a leader, then if he dies, you get someone else.

I have bad news for you: "this is the same" in any country. Any! Not only in democratic - if leader dies then "you get someone else".

[StevieWonders]

Most vice presidents get into that office by riding on the coattails of the President.

Name three that didn’t. My point is that she’s claiming some unique virtue to her “achievement” because of her gender and race.

[Moses]

Name three that didn’t. My point is that she’s claiming some unique virtue to her “achievement” because of her gender and race.

Also she is quite liberal. And that collected to Biden a lot of LGBT votes.

[goji]

I have bad news for you: "this is the same" in any country. Any! Not only in democratic - if leader dies then "you get someone else".

I said: "Vote for a leader, then if he dies, you get someone else".
The "Vote for a leader" part of this does not apply in most undemocratic countries.

[StevieWonders]

Also she is quite liberal. And that collected to Biden a lot of LGBT votes.

Yes they definitely would have voted for Trump if she hadn’t been on the ticket.

[StevieWonders]

It certainly is a strange way to run an election. However, at least the Americans have (hopefully) got rid of Trump after one term.

Heavens goji, you come across in so many of your posts as a [Text deleted] I’d assumed you were a rusted-on Trump supporter.

Some of the text in this post was deleted under rule 2.3 following a report using the red triangle system.

Jellybean
Moderator

[arsenal]

"Yes they definitely would have voted for Trump if she hadn’t been on the ticket."

Well technically of course no one voted for Trump or Biden. The electoral college is the barrier between the people and direct suffrage. Otherwise Hilary would have been president.

I love the brutality displayed to those losing office in the UK and America. In the UK the defeated PM has hours to get packed and get packing. Worse perhaps, the poor US president has to welcone his victorious opponent in and show him around,

[StevieWonders]

"Yes they definitely would have voted for Trump if she hadn’t been on the ticket."

Well technically of course no one voted for Trump or Biden. The electoral college is the barrier between the people and direct suffrage. Otherwise Hilary would have been president

Uf you’re going to be that pedantic then technically neither Trump not Biden is definitively the next president since the Electoral College has not yet met.